In article <ht41h.10491$v81.9297@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Peter Olcott" <NoSpam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I want to know if GUI scripting by automatically controlling the mouse
and
> the
> keyboard is feasible, or infeasible. If it is feasible, then how is
this
> accomplished? I already said this in the original posting in fewer
words:
> [Can this be done in Mac OS, and how is it done?]
I've written Macintosh software to automatically control the indicator
lights on the keyboard. I've written software to energize motors in a
trackball, so that when playing a game, the trackball resist your
attempts to spin, by varying amounts depending on game conditions. When
the game is in attract mode, the trackball spins on its own. It is
painted with designs so it attracts your attention.
I've written force feedback software for mice, such that when you move
the mouse cursor over the desktop, you can feel the texture of the
surfaces under the mouse cursor through your finger on the mouse. I've
joked that mice should come with motors standard, so when you hit
"undo", the mouse will go back where it was before.
The book, "The TV Typewriter Cookbook", by Don Lancaster, published by
Howard Sams & Co 1976, a copy of which I just happen to have here, has
plans for a frame holding solenoids that can press the keys of a
keyboard under computer control (see pages 218 through 223).
No, in the modern Macintosh, with standard hardware, it is not possible
to automatically controlling the mouse and the keyboard.
It is possible to write software to generate mouse clicks and
keystrokes, but that is not the question you keep asking.
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