That said, as previously mentioned by default that button does not show on the target sheet and you should include code that checks that the sheet has been expanded to show details and if not click the Show Details button first.Note: Newer updates have been released since this blog post was written.

Or: tell application 'System Events' to ¬ĪXApplication > AXWindow:AXStandardWindow > AXSheet > AXSplitGroup > AXPopUpButton macOS Catalina and macOS Big Sur.ĪXApplication > AXWindow:AXStandardWindow > AXSheet > AXPopUpButton If the button you are trying to click happens to be Paper Size:, which by default does not show on the target sheet, then its hierarchy has changed between e.g. It's not usual for AppleScript code to be broken between major releases of macOS. Set value of text field 1 of sheet 1 of sheet 1 of front window to FileNameĬlick button 'Save' of sheet 1 of sheet 1 of front window Now that we are in our desired folder, set the file name and save Repeat until exists sheet of sheet 1 of sheet 1 of front windowĬlick button 'Go' of sheet of sheet 1 of sheet 1 of front window Press command+shift+g to show the 'Go' drop down sheet Tell its checkbox 'Require password to copy text, images and other content' Tell checkbox 'Require password to open document' NOTE: for some reason there is a delay of about 6 seconds here, I do not know why

Repeat until exists sheet 1 of sheet 1 of front window Repeat until exists menu 1 of menu button 'PDF'Ĭlick menu item 'Save as PDF' of menu 1 of menu button 'PDF' Set FileName to 'E1S0' & ' ' & '(Password' & ' - ' & VarPassword & ').pdf'Ĭlick menu item 'My Customized Size' of menu 1 of pop up button 3 Could you please help me figuring out why it is not recognizing the pop up button? set FixedPassword to 'nocopy' It does not recognize the button even when it is opening the correct window which has the button I want to click. The problem seems to be the line 'click pop up button 3'. It was working perfectly before the software update to BigSur

I had this script for changing the printing paper size and saving the document pass-word protected.

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