[Pythonmac-SIG] Modifying table cell content with python-appscript

[Sven A. Schmidt]

has, thanks a lot for your reply!

> Should work, although hard to say why it isn't without some more  
> detail. A couple pointers:

Right, after years of replying to bug reports with "what version are  
you using" I forget to include version info... I'm using python 2.5  
and appscript 0.18.1, both from fink:

  i   appscript-py25      0.18.1-1       High level Apple event bridge  
for Python
  i   python25            1:2.5.2-1      Interpreted, object-oriented  
language

> - If you're on 2.5 or earlier, post the complete appscript code  
> you're using to set the text field's value and the Python value you  
> get when you get it so we can take a look, e.g. something like:
>
>    ref = app('AppName').windows['Untitled'].splitter_groups[1] \
>            .scroll_areas[3].tables[1].rows[1].text_fields[1]
>
>    s = '<string>'
>    ref.value.set(s)
>    t = ref.value()
>    print (s, t, s == t)
>    # Result: ...

Ok, I've tried your example:

	sysevents = app('System Events')
	hg = sysevents.processes['Hourglass']

	ref = hg.windows['Untitled'].splitter_groups[1] \
        		.scroll_areas[3].tables[1].rows[1].text_fields[1]

	s = '<string>'
	ref.value.set(s)
	t = ref.value()
	print (s, t, s == t)

Here's what I get:

[eris:sas/Hourglass-trunk/Tests] sas% python2.5 hg_test.py
('<string>', u'unnamed customer', False)

BTW, your code "app('AppName').windows['Untitled']" fails with

	AttributeError: Unknown property, element or command: 'windows'

and I have to use the process from sysevents. I suppose this is  
because my app is not scriptable and I'm using UI scripting? Is that  
essentially the difference between app('xxx') and  
sysevents.processes['xxx']? (I guess this has nothing to do with my  
actual problem, I'm just curious.)

Cheers,
Sven