Could it be possible, if we know what we're looking for, to find the MSAA 
information in a Flash object? It could give us the names and locations 
relative to the Flash window from which we could easily calculate the raw 
screen coordinates and provide a crufty facility for users to click buttons and 
such.

cdh
On Jan 26, 2010, at 12:58 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:

> I don't know how much access the Flash object gives to  external scripts so 
> you might hit similar roadblocks in Applescript. You can probably get general 
> infor about the entire flash object (height, width etc) but being able to 
> trigger internal actionscripts probably requires some glue code inside the 
> flash object.
> 
> CB
> 
> Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote:
>> Yep, there's got to be a callback between js and flash, and i don't know 
>> which part of the api is set to open on a per publication basis.
>> 
>> I'm wondering if there isn't a way to access it differently, as in js firs 
>> extracting the labels, and calling applescript's OSAX which is the extended 
>> suite of commands, which then move the mouse cursor to the label called by 
>> js, then the user clicks. It's a bit GUI scripting, but that method might 
>> work since the mouse cursor can access flash buttons without the use of 
>> voice over, which in this method is just an external call inherent to the 
>> system.
>> 
>> I might get my devver to check this out when he's got time. I myself don't 
>> have time right now.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>>  
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