How to use "AXSubrole", "AXRoleDescription" in applescript?

Asked Jan 27 '16 at 11:07

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Can we use "AXSubrole", "AXRoleDescription" in applescript? If yes, what is the correct way? I tried following code.

-- open Excel -> VB Editor
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Microsoft Excel"
        tell window 1
            if ((value of attribute "AXSubrole") is equal to "AXStandardWindow") Then
             -- do something here
            end if 
        end tell        
    end tell
end tell

But gives error "Can't get AXSubrole". Thanks.

edited Jan 27 '16 at 22:13

jweaks

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asked Jan 27 '16 at 11:07

Am33t

Yes, we can. The code is correct. – vadian Jan 27 '16 at 13:06
ya thanks @vadian, the problem was "window 1" was referring to something else. How can we know the correct index of a particular ui element? – Am33t Jan 28 '16 at 06:34
You can check `exists window x` or `exists attribute "y"` – vadian Jan 28 '16 at 08:35
ok thanks...... – Am33t Jan 28 '16 at 11:15

How to use "AXSubrole", "AXRoleDescription" in applescript?

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