Player
Documentation
AppleScript
User's Guide
Chapter 5, Verbs
One Verb Per Page
get info: for a button, radio button, checkbox or other dialog item
Syntax
get info dialog item nameOrID
Parameters
dialog item nameOrID -- name or ID number of the dialog item
Result
record of properties (attributes)
Examples
get info dialog item "OK"
get info dialog item 12 -- by ID
if kind of (get info dialog item 11) is "User Item" then -- may be an icon
Notes
- For a complete list of properties for each type of object, see the Properties section of Chapter 6.
- Use Player's balloon help to determine the ID number (if any) and location.
- For a complete list of properties for each type of object, see the Properties section of Chapter 6.
- By default, Player matches only the number of characters specified in the verb parameter. This feature has the benefit of ignoring trailing punctuation, but will occasionally find a false match.
- By default, name matching is not case sensitive.
See Also
exists button
exists radio button
exists checkbox
exists dialog item
outline dialog
yield time
set complete match
get info window
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