Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:02:34 +0100 From: "Michael Ross" <michael.ross@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? Message-ID: <op.vlxpejtrhalquq@n200> In-Reply-To: <201011100009.oAA09mfG024502@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201011100009.oAA09mfG024502@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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Am 10.11.2010, 01:09 Uhr, schrieb Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>: > With a GUI there is no way to describe the series of mouse > 'motions'/'clicks'/ > 'double-clicks'/'drags' and keypresses required to perform an operation. > 'screen coordinates' are meaningless when a window, or icon, or button, > may be > 'repositioned' at will. > > An _individual_ application may allow scripting via an internal command > language, > but since it is internal to the app, and *not* part of the GUI, it > doesn't > 'generalize' (no guarantee that similar capability is present in any > other app) > *AND* is utterly worthless for 'automating' annything that involves more > than > the single app. For Windows OSes there is actually a rather nice tool out there, http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ which allows you to script the GUI cross-app. Regards, Michael
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