Thanks Arnaud,
I used it but I keep getting the error message, ("System Events is not
running. I don't know if that can happen.").
I tried it with S (Save) instead of ; or : and still got the error message,
any suggestions?
Lennox.
Arnaud Nicolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok, so you are about to use my second
suggestion. And, in fact,
that's great: you're apparently making an OS X-only thing (I said
"great" because simulating a keyboard shortcut is different on every
platform; it will save explanations (and I also don't know for Win32)).
Ok, I just tried that:
dim ae As AppleEvent
ae=NewAppleEvent("prcs","kprs","sevs") 'Send a Keystroke event to
System Events
ae.StringParam("----")=":" 'The key to send
ae.MacTypeParam("faal")="Kcmd" 'Use Command key
if not ae.Send then
MsgBox "System Events is not running. I don't know if that can
happen."
end if
Well, in my tests, I used Command-S in a timer and switched to
TextEdit. When the timer executed, a Save dialog appeared in
TextEdit, that's it! Now, it should also work with ":".
Hope this helps
Le 19 févr. 07 à 13:27 Soir, Lennox Jacob a écrit:
> Thanks Arnaud,
> I do not own the menu item.
> I just added CocoaSpellChecker and it is invoked via a menu item
> which I do not own. The menuitem has two sub menuitem invoked via
> Command-: and Command-;
> I would like to invoke these two sub mernu items via seperate
> pushbuttons.
> Kindly advise.
> Lennox.
>
> Arnaud Nicolet wrote: You have 2 ways of
> achieving that.
>
> If you own the menu item, then you may move the code from the menu
> handler to a new method. Then, instead of invoking Command and colon
> in your code, you simply call the new method (you also call the new
> method from the menu handler so that the menu item does not break).
>
> If you don't own the menu item or simply want to invoke a keyboard
> shortcut, then you'll have to use a technique not built-in RB.
> For instance, in MacOS X, you can invoke the "System Events"
> application. It's an application made especially for AppleScript,
> but, as you know, you can use AppleScript or Apple Events from RB.
>
> Which one are you trying?
>
> Le 19 févr. 07 à 04:18 Matin, Lennox Jacob a écrit:
>
>> Hello,
>> I would like to code a pushbutton to effect a menuitem Command and
>> colon, how can I do that?
>> Thanks.
>> Lennox
>
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