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

Mon Nov 24 23:23:38 CET 2008

On Nov 24, 2008, at 22:13, has wrote:
> On 24 Nov 2008, at 09:15, Sven A. Schmidt wrote:
>>>>> Here's what I get:
>>>>>>>> [eris:sas/Hourglass-trunk/Tests] sas% python2.5 hg_test.py
>>>> ('<string>', u'unnamed customer', False)
>>>>>> Any idea where the 'unnamed customer' is coming from? Is the 
>>> appscript 'set' command setting the text field's value? Can you 
>>> post both your working AppleScript and non-working Python script 
>>> for comparison? Also, if you can run your application with AEDebug 
>>> enabled:
>>>> The 'unnamed customer' is the original field value, sorry for not 
>> mentioning that. It never changes. I don't have an AppleScript, I'm 
>> just doing this with appscript.
>>> Ah, right. I misunderstood - I thought you had it working in 
> AppleScript but not appscript. Quick question: is the table field in 
> question editable? (i.e. Can you click in it and type text manually?)

Yes, it is. I can even make it editable via code (see original 
description) by setting the focused property. But I can't make the 
change stick then.
Cheers,
Sven