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/MacCocoa/AppleScript/DeterminePermissionToAutomateTarget
Required plugins for this example: MBS MacCocoa Plugin, MBS MacBase Plugin, MBS Main Plugin
You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /MacCocoa/AppleScript/DeterminePermissionToAutomateTarget
This example is the version from Wed, 27th Oct 2020.
Project "DeterminePermissionToAutomateTarget.xojo_binary_project"
Class App Inherits Application
Const kEditClear = "&Delete"
Const kFileQuit = "&Quit"
Const kFileQuitShortcut = ""
End Class
Class Window1 Inherits Window
Const errAEEventNotPermitted = -1743
Const errAEEventWouldRequireUserConsent = -1744
Const errAETargetAddressNotPermitted = -1742
Const procNotFound = -600
Control PushButton1 Inherits PushButton
ControlInstance PushButton1 Inherits PushButton
EventHandler Sub Action()
dim target as NSAppleEventDescriptorMBS = NSAppleEventDescriptorMBS.descriptorWithBundleIdentifier("com.apple.Safari")
// we ask for all apple events
dim e as integer = NSAppleScriptMBS.DeterminePermissionToAutomateTarget(target, "****", "****", true)
MsgBox str(e)+": "+errorToString(e)
End EventHandler
End Control
Control PushButton2 Inherits PushButton
ControlInstance PushButton2 Inherits PushButton
EventHandler Sub Action()
dim target as NSAppleEventDescriptorMBS = NSAppleEventDescriptorMBS.descriptorWithBundleIdentifier("com.apple.Finder")
// we ask for restart apple events
dim e as integer = NSAppleScriptMBS.DeterminePermissionToAutomateTarget(target, "MACS", "rest", true)
MsgBox str(e)+": "+errorToString(e)
End EventHandler
End Control
Function errorToString(e as Integer) As string
Select case e
case 0
return "OK"
case errAEEventNotPermitted
return "Not Permitted"
case errAEEventWouldRequireUserConsent
return "Would require user consent"
case procNotFound
return "Process not found or running"
case errAETargetAddressNotPermitted
return "Target address not permitted"
end Select
End Function
End Class
MenuBar MainMenuBar
MenuItem FileMenu = "&File"
MenuItem FileQuit = "#App.kFileQuit"
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Edit"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Undo"
MenuItem EditSeparator1 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "Cu&t"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Copy"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Paste"
MenuItem EditClear = "#App.kEditClear"
MenuItem EditSeparator2 = "-"
MenuItem EditSelectAll = "Select &All"
End MenuBar
ExternalFile info
End ExternalFile
End Project
The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS MacCocoa Plugin.