I have a parent app that contains a child app in the bundle. The child app uses applescript to trigger some events in the parent app. Now that I'm preparing for App Store I have sandboxed the apps and I am missing something with the entitlements that I don't understand. In the parent app I have defined the .sdef and I can dump it with sdef /Applications/Parent.app once installed from TestFlight and I see: <!DOCTYPE dictionary SYSTEM "file://localhost/System/Library/DTDs/sdef.dtd"> <dictionary title="Parent">     <suite name="Parent Suite" code="prnt" description="Parent Scripts">         <command name="is_first_run" code="prntisfr" description="Is this the first time running the app?">             <cocoa class="MyScriptInterface"/>         </command>         <command name="activation_complete" code="prntWRac" description="Activation is complete">             <cocoa class="MyScriptInterface"/>         </command>         <command name="sign_out" code="prntWRso" description="Sign out and delete local credentials">             <cocoa class="MyScriptInterface"/>         </command>         <command name="get_version" code="prntgetv">             <cocoa class="MyScriptInterface"/>             <direct-parameter type="text" description="None"/>             <result type="text"/>         </command>     </suite> </dictionary> In the parent app I have the following included in the .plist: <key>NSAppleEventsUsageDescription</key>         <string>AppleEvents needed to communicate between components</string>         <key>NSAppleScriptEnabled</key>         <true/>         <key>OSAScriptingDefinition</key>         <string>Parent.sdef</string> In the Parent entitlements I include the following key parts: <key>com.apple.security.automation.apple-events</key>         <true/> <key>com.apple.security.scripting-targets</key>         <dict>                 <key>com.foo.parent</key>                 <array>                         <string>com.foo.parent.is_first_run</string> <string>com.foo.parent.activation_complete</string>                         <string>com.foo.parent.sign_out</string>                         <string>com.foo.parent.get_version</string>                 </array>                 <key>com.foo.parent.child</key>                 <array>                         <string>com.foo.parent.is_first_run</string>                       <string>com.foo.parent.activation_complete</string>                         <string>com.foo.parent.sign_out</string>                         <string>com.foo.parent.get_version</string>                 </array>         </dict> In the Child app I have only this key: <key>NSAppleScriptEnabled</key>         <true/> And in the Child entitlements I have only this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict>         <key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key>         <true/>         <key>com.apple.security.inherit</key>         <true/> </dict> </plist> I am not getting something. When I install the app and watch Console output I see a combination of errors: For the Parent app: AppleEvents/sandbox: Returning errAEPrivilegeError/-10004 and denying dispatch of event prnt/isfr from process '<private>'/0x0-0x7dccdc5, pid=95806, because it is not entitled to send an AppleEvent to this process. For the Child app from sandboxd: Violation:       deny(1) appleevent-send com.apple.systemevents MetaData: {"platform-binary":false,"build":"macOS 12.3.1 (21E258)","sandbox_checker":"appleeventsd","process-path":"\/Applications\/Parent.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/Child.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/Child","profile-in-collection":false,"platform_binary":"no","primary-filter-value":"com.apple.systemevents","primary-filter":"appleevent-destination","checker":"appleeventsd","platform-policy":false,"policy-description":"Sandbox","summary":"deny(1) appleevent-send com.apple.systemevents","binary-in-trust-cache":false,"responsible-process-team-id":"367******2","target":"com.apple.systemevents","hardware":"Mac","pid":95806,"appleevent-destination":"com.apple.systemevents","flags":5,"responsible-process-signing-id":"com.foo.parent","apple-internal":false,"normalized_target":["com.apple.systemevents"],"checker-pid":359,"profile-flags":0,"operation":"appleevent-send","errno":1,"action":"deny","uid":501,"responsible-process-path":"\/Applications\/Parent.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/Parent","signing-id":"com.foo.parent.child","team-id":"367******2","container":"\/Users\/spartygw\/Library\/Containers\/com.foo.parent\/Data","process":"Child","release-type":"User"}

I have developed Applescripts on Mojave and exported them as apps for Mac users in my department. These ran as expected. I can run them fine on Catalina on my Mac, but cannot make them available to other Catalina users, despite code signing them. Do I need to go through the notarisation process, use XCode, or some other method to make them available as apps to other Mac users in my department? (They do not need to be made available through the app store.)

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I’m trying to run an AppleScript in my SwiftUI button. But i’m not sure on how to do it? The project is for macOS.

Hello, This simple Applescript tell application "Finder" open file "a907.jpg" of folder "Photoshopped" of folder "CalBodfish" of folder "Users" of disk "Macintosh HD" end tell results in an error that says The file "a907.jpg" couldn't be opened because you don't have permission to view it. To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info. This script worked as expected in previous versions of macos, at least thru 12.0. If the file is opened by double-clicking on it, the Applescript works as expected, for that particular file. Much obliged if anyone here can help.

Finder allows the user to manually change the default 'Open With' application for a file by going to 'Get Info'. Is there a way to programmatically do this, for example, with AppleScript, in order to change the default 'Open With' application of specific files? My use-case is changing default 'Open With' application for files that are in a certain directory. I prefer the user doesn't have to do this manually.

How do I determine how many columns or rows a Word table cell is spanning? set theSpan to ___ of cell 1 of text object of table 1 The syntax eludes me. Thanks!

Script editor is in some state where it's impossible to compile or run an AppleScript. The preferences page refuses to allow selecting a Default Language, which I guess is why it won't do anything else. The shortcuts for Compile and Run are greyed out in the menu items. After jumping thru some security hoops it was possible to run a script with osascript but it's pretty hard to develop applescripts without script editor. Issue present on OS 12.2.? and 12.3.1

Trying to generate an AppleScript executable for MacOS using Xcode 13 Applescript framework. Right out of the box, the project generated by Xcode has the following difficulty. As shown in the Connections inspector for the "App Delegate" icon, the "App Delegate" does not refer to the AppDelegate.applescript listed in the Project navigator. This results in the inability to connect UI elements to the AppleScript code. A screenshot of the Connections inspector is attached showing the error "AppDelegate does not have an outlet named theWindow" whereas the script clearly defines such an outlet. This project is freshly generated, no changes have been made. Am I missing a configuration piece or something else? Examples I've watched on YouTube of generating simple "Hello World" apps all work as the Xcode IB does normally i.e., by using control-drag to contact different objects, but they were all done on earlier versions of Xcode.

Hey All I need to link these two code snippets together, unable to figure out the best way of doing it End result would read the XML, select composition and select track then create cues using the first code snippet using the keyframe data (specifically time and value) Code to add to run for each keyframe of the selected track using keyframe value and time repeat for all keyframes from the selected track in composition tell application id "com.figure53.QLab.4" to tell front workspace make type "Network" set theNetwork to last item of (selected as list) set patch of theNetwork to userPatch set osc message type of theNetwork to custom set custom message of theNetwork to (keyFrameValue) set pre wait of theNetwork to (keyFrameTime / 60) end tell end repeat Code to find in XML correct composition, track and keyframe on run -- example set XMLfile to (choose file) as text tell application "System Events" to set rootElement to XML element 1 of contents of XML file XMLfile set compSelection to (chooseItem from {} out of rootElement) -- compositions list set trackSelection to (chooseItem from "tracks" out of compSelection) set frameSelection to (chooseItem from "keyframes" out of trackSelection given tag:"time") return (getElement for "value" from frameSelection) end run # Choose an item from a list - returns the object specifier of the choice. # The value of the given tag (or index if empty) is used as an entry in the choice dialog. to chooseItem from listElement out of baseElement given tag:tag : "name" set elements to (getElement for listElement from baseElement) set {choices, itemIndex} to {{}, 1} repeat with anItem in elements if tag is in {{}, "", missing value} then -- index set end of choices to (itemIndex as text) set itemIndex to itemIndex + 1 else -- tag tell application "System Events" to set end of choices to value of XML element tag of anItem end if end repeat set theResult to (matchChoice from choices into elements given title:"Testing") if theResult is false then error number -128 -- cancel return theResult end chooseItem # Get an XML element for the specified element or element hierarchy list (use index for list items). # Returns the element value if it has one; returns all elements if the hierarchyList is empty. to getElement for hierarchyList from baseElement try tell application "System Events" if hierarchyList is in {{}, "", missing value} then return XML elements of baseElement -- all set element to baseElement -- starting point repeat with anItem in (hierarchyList as list) -- build element hierarchy try set anItem to anItem as integer -- index? end try set element to (get XML element anItem of element) end repeat tell (get value of element) to if it is not missing value then return it -- value return XML elements of element -- object specifier end tell on error errmess number errnum -- element not found, etc error "getElement handler error " & errnum & ":" & return & errmess end try end getElement # Match choice(s) from one list into another. # The choiceList contains items for use in the dialog, the matchList can be anything. to matchChoice from choiceList into matchList given prompt:prompt : "", title:title : "", OKButton:OKButton : "OK", multipleItems:multipleItems : false if matchList is {} or (count choiceList) > (count matchList) then return false -- can't match set {dialogList, outputList, prefix} to {{}, {}, ""} set {spacer, divider} to {character id 8203, character id 8204} -- zero width space and non-joiner repeat with anItem in choiceList -- add indexing prefix to allow duplicates set prefix to prefix & spacer set the end of dialogList to (prefix & divider & anItem) end repeat set choices to (choose from list dialogList with title title with prompt prompt OK button name OKButton multiple selections allowed multipleItems) if choices is not false then -- not "Cancel" repeat with anItem in choices set indx to (offset of spacer & divider in anItem) -- indexing characters set the end of outputList to contents of item indx of matchList end repeat if not multipleItems then return first item of outputList return outputList end if return false end matchChoice

We have a problem with curl. Under Big Sur, the command curl 'ftp://ftp.myserver/myPath/my File' -u 'myusername':'mypassword' properly downloads the file. Under Monterey, the same command throws an error: curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL Any advice, workaround etc. is highly appreciated. The behaviour is the same, whether the command is issued in Terminal, or as a shell script in a Applescript application created in XCode.

Hi, I'm trying to use apple script below: tell application "Safari" activate tell application "System Events" tell process "Safari" set frontmost to true click menu item "Google Chrome.app…" of menu of menu item "Import From" of menu "File" of menu bar 1 end tell end tell end tell But it says "System Events got an error: Can’t get menu item "Google Chrome.app…" of menu of menu item "Import From" of menu "File" of menu bar 1 of process "Safari"." Error I have no idea what's wrong with this script. Please give me any advice. Thanks.

In MAC, while interacting to the MS Power Point with the AppleScript, I can't access to the 'Paste Special with Style Text' drop down selection, please guide on this topic. Note: paste text to first presentation with first frame tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint" open alias "Untitled:Selvam:PPT_2022:Cross-sectional-Group-Session_CR_for_Session_909.pptx" end tell delay 2 tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint" activate tell slide 1 of active presentation set content of text range of text frame of shape 1 to " " tell application "System Events" keystroke "v" using {command down} tell application process "Microsoft PowerPoint" --tell menu 4 of menu bar 1 -- tell menu item 12 to click --end tell keystroke "v" using {command down} end tell end tell end tell end tell Thanks, Selva

Hi, I'm working on an app based on the ITLibrary so I can get all the tracks info like their persistent ID and I'd like to play it in Music from my app. I do it easily with AppleScript so do I need to use a bridge or can I do it directly from a Swift 4 app ? Thx.

Hello! I made an AppleScript that uses variables that changes by 1 every second, in the original version, it just tells System Events to type, but I kept getting errors so I changed it to tell System Events to activate and type something. The code works, but on the lines of code that tell System Events to activate, at a random time I get an error saying System Events is not running on the line of code telling it to activate. I am very confused. I will attach the error message as well as the code. The code is from a friend, I am just posting it for him. Script Error Application isn't running tell application "System Events" to activate tell application "System Events" to activate set beg to 0 set mc to 0 set hour to 0 set search to 0 set pet to 0 set hl to 0 set ud to 0 set pm to 0 set ud to 0 set searchresult to 0 set listhl to {"h", "l"} set listpm to {"f", "k"} set listsearch to {"north pole", "advent calendar", "mistletoe", "christmas tree", "christmas card"} delay 1 set ud to some item of listhl set pm to some item of listpm set searchresult to some item of listsearch set reset to 0 delay 9 tell application "System Events" keystroke "pls daily" key code 36 delay 0.5 keystroke "pls beg" key code 36 delay 0.5 keystroke "pls hunt" key code 36 delay 0.5 keystroke "pls fish" key code 36 delay 1 keystroke "pls hl" key code 36 delay 2 keystroke ud key code 36 delay 2 keystroke "pls pm" key code 36 delay 2 keystroke pm key code 36 delay 2 keystroke "pls search" key code 36 delay 1 keystroke searchresult key code 36 set ud to 0 set pm to 0 set searchresult to 0 delay 1 set ud to some item of listhl set pm to some item of listpm set searchresult to some item of listsearch repeat set beg to beg + 1 set mc to mc + 1 set hour to hour + 1 set search to search + 1 set pet to pet + 1 set hl to hl + 1 delay 1 if hl = 22 then tell application "System Events" to activate tell application "Google Chrome" to activate tell application "System Events" set hl to 0 keystroke "pls hl" key code 36 delay 1 keystroke ud key code 36 set ud to 0 delay 1 set ud to some item of listhl end tell end if if beg = 47 then tell application "System Events" to activate tell application "Google Chrome" to activate tell application "System Events" keystroke "pls beg" key code 36 set beg to 0 end tell end if if mc = 62 then tell application "System Events" to activate tell application "Google Chrome" to activate tell application "System Events" set mc to 0 keystroke "pls hunt" key code 36 keystroke "pls fish" key code 36 delay 6 keystroke "pls pm" key code 36 delay 2 keystroke pm key code 36 set pm to 0 delay 1 set pm to some item of listpm end tell end if if hour = 3600 then tell application "System Events" to activate tell application "Google Chrome" to activate tell application "System Events" keystroke "pls hourly" key code 36 delay 1 keystroke "pls daily" key code 36 set hour to 0 end tell end if if search = 37 then set search to 0 tell application "System Events" to activate tell application "Google Chrome" to activate tell application "System Events" keystroke "pls search" key code 36 delay 1 keystroke searchresult key code 36 set searchresult to 0 delay 1 set searchresult to some item of listsearch end tell end if if pet = 1800 then set pet to 0 tell application "System Events" keystroke "pls pet pat" key code 36 keystroke "pls pet feed" key code 36 if reset = 50 then set reset to 0 tell application "System Events" to activate end if end tell end if end repeat end tell end end end end end end

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Good evening everyone. I created a program in AppleScript. In this script, there are keystroke and key code. When the program runs a forbidden access message appears. I authorized the program in Accessible. But nothing is done. What's going on? How to solve this problem. Thank you in advance.