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AXUIElementMBS class

Super class: CFObjectMBS

// displays the current window title if accessibility is enabled in Mac OS X 10.2 or newer

dim SystemWideElement,FocusedApplicationElement,FocusedWindowElement as AXUIElementMBS
dim FocusedApplication,FocusedWindow,Title as AXValueMBS
dim s as String
dim cs as CFStringMBS

SystemWideElement=AccessibilityMBS.SystemWideAXUIElement
if SystemWideElement<>nil then
  FocusedApplication=SystemWideElement.AttributeValue(AccessibilityMBS.kAXFocusedApplicationAttribute)
  if FocusedApplication.Type=AccessibilityMBS.kAXUIElementMBSTypeID then
    FocusedApplicationElement=new AXUIElementMBS
    FocusedApplicationElement.Handle=FocusedApplication.Handle
    FocusedApplicationElement.RetainObject
    
    FocusedWindow=FocusedApplicationElement.AttributeValue(AccessibilityMBS.kAXFocusedWindowAttribute)
    
    if FocusedWindow<>nil and AccessibilityMBS.kAXUIElementMBSTypeID=FocusedWindow.Type then
      
      FocusedWindowElement=new AXUIElementMBS
      FocusedWindowElement.Handle=FocusedWindow.Handle
      FocusedWindowElement.RetainObject
      
      Title=FocusedWindowElement.AttributeValue(AccessibilityMBS.kAXTitleAttribute)
      if Title<>nil and Title.Type=kCFStringMBSTypeID then
        cs=new CFStringMBS
        cs.handle=Title.Handle
        cs.RetainObject
        msgbox cs.str
      end if
    end if
  end if
end if

• 12 methods
  • method ActionDescription(action as CFStringMBS) as CFStringMBS
  • method ActionNames as CFArrayMBS
  • method AttributeNames as CFArrayMBS
  • method AttributeValue(attribute as CFStringMBS) as AXValueMBS
  • method AttributeValues(attribute as CFStringMBS, minindex as Integer, maxindex as Integer) as CFArrayMBS
  • method ElementAtPosition(x as single, y as single) as AXUIElementMBS
  • method GetAttributeValueCount(attribute as CFStringMBS) as Integer
  • method IsAttributeSettable(attribute as CFStringMBS) as Boolean
  • method PerformAction(action as CFStringMBS)
  • method PostKeyboardEvent(keyChar as Integer, virtualKey as Integer, keydown as boolean)
  • method ProcessID as Integer
  • method SetAttributeValue(attribute as CFStringMBS, value as CFObjectMBS)

Super class CFObjectMBS

• 5 properties
  • property Handle as Integer
  • property Hash as Integer
  • property Lasterror as Integer
  • property Type as Integer
  • property TypeDescription as String
• 9 methods
  • method close
  • method DeepCopy as CFObjectMBS
  • method EncodedData as MemoryBlock
  • method Equal(o as CFObjectMBS) as boolean
  • method ReleaseObject
  • method RetainCount as Integer
  • method RetainObject
  • method XML as CFBinaryDataMBS
  • method XMLdata as String
• shared method NewCFObject(handle as Integer) as CFObjectMBS

This class has no sub classes.

Some methods using this class:

• AccessibilityMBS.ApplicationAXUIElement(pid as Integer) as AXUIElementMBS
• AccessibilityMBS.SystemWideAXUIElement as AXUIElementMBS
• AXObserverMBS.AddNotification(element as AXUIElementMBS, notification as CFStringMBS) as Integer
• AXObserverMBS.RemoveNotification(element as AXUIElementMBS, notification as CFStringMBS) as Integer

Some events using this class:

• AXObserverMBS.Action(element as AXUIElementMBS, notification as CFStringMBS)

Some examples using this class:

• /MacOSX/Accessibility services/Accessible Browser
• /MacOSX/Accessibility services/Accessible Test
• /MacOSX/Accessibility services/Active Window Logging
• /MacOSX/Accessibility services/Control Menu
• /MacOSX/Accessibility services/Current Window Title
• /MacOSX/Accessibility services/Frontmost Window
• /MacOSX/Accessibility services/Observer Test

The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS MacCF Plugin.

AXObserverMBS   -   AXValueMBS