Applescript: "execute menu command" syntax

Greetings,
Anyone know the syntax for using:
execute menu command v : executes a menu command using the menu shortcut string
execute menu command
menu command string text : menu command shortcut
I can't figure out what string to use for the "menu command string" argument.
Thanks!

Hi,
I’m not an applescript guy, but the following link may help you with the concept: http://kasyan.ho.com.ua/open_menu_item.html . You may think I’ve lost my mind in that 1) it isn’t applescript and 2) it’s for InDesign, but my thoughts are that it may serve as basis for you to google what you need.
TT

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awful.rules = require("awful.rules")
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mypromptbox = {}
mylayoutbox = {}
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c:raise()
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--mywibox[s].widgets = {
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-- mytextclock,
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-- netwidgetETH,
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awful.button({ }, 4, awful.tag.viewnext),
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awful.key({ modkey, }, "Right", awful.tag.viewnext ),
awful.key({ modkey, }, "Escape", awful.tag.history.restore),
awful.key({ modkey, }, "j",
function ()
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if client.focus then client.focus:raise() end
end),
awful.key({ modkey, }, "k",
function ()
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if client.focus then client.focus:raise() end
end),
awful.key({ modkey, }, "w", function () mymainmenu:show() end),
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awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "j", function () awful.client.swap.byidx( 1) end),
awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "k", function () awful.client.swap.byidx( -1) end),
awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "j", function () awful.screen.focus_relative( 1) end),
awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "k", function () awful.screen.focus_relative(-1) end),
awful.key({ modkey, }, "u", awful.client.urgent.jumpto),
awful.key({ modkey, }, "Tab",
function ()
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if client.focus then
client.focus:raise()
end
end),
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awful.key({ modkey, }, "Return", function () awful.util.spawn(terminal) end),
awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "r", awesome.restart),
awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "q", awesome.quit),
awful.key({ modkey, }, "l", function () awful.tag.incmwfact( 0.05) end),
awful.key({ modkey, }, "h", function () awful.tag.incmwfact(-0.05) end),
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awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "l", function () awful.tag.incnmaster(-1) end),
awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "h", function () awful.tag.incncol( 1) end),
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awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioNext",function () awful.util.spawn( "mocp -f" ) end),
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awful.key({ }, "XF86AudioPlay",function () awful.util.spawn( "mocp -G" ) end),
awful.key({ }, "Print", function () awful.util.spawn("ksnapshot") end),
awful.key({ }, "", function () awful.util.spawn("slimlock") end)
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awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "c", function (c) c:kill() end),
awful.key({ modkey, "Control" }, "space", awful.client.floating.toggle ),
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awful.key({ modkey, }, "n",
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c.minimized = true
end),
awful.key({ modkey, }, "m",
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c.maximized_vertical = not c.maximized_vertical
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function ()
local screen = mouse.screen
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end
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function ()
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if client.focus and tags[client.focus.screen][i] then
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end
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awful.button({ }, 1, function (c) client.focus = c; c:raise() end),
awful.button({ modkey }, 1, awful.mouse.client.move),
awful.button({ modkey }, 3, awful.mouse.client.resize))
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root.keys(globalkeys)
-- Set Firefox to always map on tags number 2 of screen 1.
-- { rule = { class = "Firefox" },
-- properties = { tag = tags[1][2] } },
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if screen.count() > 1 then
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-- All clients will match this rule.
{ rule = { },
properties = { border_width = beautiful.border_width,
-- border_color = beautiful.border_normal,
focus = true,
keys = clientkeys,
buttons = clientbuttons } },
{ rule = { class = "MPlayer" },
properties = { floating = true } },
{ rule = { class = "gimp" },
properties = { floating = true } },
{ rule = { class = "Xdialog" },
properties = { floating = true } },
{ rule = { class = "Firefox" },
properties = { tag = tags[1][1] } },
{ rule = { name = "Thunderbird" },
properties = { tag = tags[1][2] } },
{ rule = { instance = "plugin-container" },
properties = { floating = true } },
{ rule = { class = "Luakit" },
properties = { floating = true } }
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properties = { border_width = beautiful.border_width,
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buttons = clientbuttons } },
{ rule = { class = "MPlayer" },
properties = { floating = true } },
{ rule = { class = "gimp" },
properties = { floating = true } },
{ rule = { class = "Firefox" },
properties = { tag = tags[1][2] } },
{ rule = { name = "Thunderbird" },
properties = { tag = tags[1][3] } },
{ rule = { instance = "plugin-container" },
properties = { floating = true, fullscreen = true } },
{ rule = { class = "Dolphin" },
properties = { floating = false, fullscreen = false, tag = tags[1][4] } },
{ rule = { class = "Luakit" },
properties = { floating = true } },
{ rule = { class = "Pidgin" },
properties = { tag = tags[1][5] } }
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c:connect_signal("mouse::enter", function(c)
if awful.layout.get(c.screen) ~= awful.layout.suit.magnifier
and awful.client.focus.filter(c) then
client.focus = c
end
end)
if not startup then
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-- i.e. put it at the end of others instead of setting it master.
-- awful.client.setslave(c)
-- Put windows in a smart way, only if they does not set an initial position.
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3276814 4 -rwxr-xr-x ...
#!/bin/sh
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halt_cmd /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
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xauth_path /usr/bin/xauth
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authfile /var/run/slim.auth
# Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
numlock on
# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
# hidecursor false
# This command is executed after a succesful login.
# you can place the %session and %theme variables
# to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
# depending of chosen session and slim theme
# NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need
# to adjust the command according to your preferred shell,
# i.e. for freebsd use:
# login_cmd exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc %session
login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session
# Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
# They can be used for registering a X11 session with
# sessreg. You can use the %user variable
# sessionstart_cmd some command
# sessionstop_cmd some command
# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can be overriden by the command line
# options "-d" and "-nodaemon"
# daemon yes
# Available sessions (first one is the default).
# The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
# above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
# see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
sessions awesome,xfce4,icewm-session,wmaker,blackbox
# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd import -window root /slim.png
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welcome_msg Welcome to %host
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# session_msg Session:
# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg The system is halting...
reboot_msg The system is rebooting...
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# for avoid pre-loading the username.
default_user kili
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focus_password yes
# Automatically login the default user (without entering
# the password. Set to "yes" to enable this feature
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# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to
# randomly choose from
current_theme archlinux-simplyblack
# Lock file
lockfile /var/lock/slim.lock
# Log file
logfile /var/log/slim.log
Thanks in advance!
Edit:
Besides a lot of other errors the problem was the systray. It was created 2 times, now login works again. I figured that out via enabling logging for awesome in the xinitrc again.
Last edited by stubb (2013-01-08 23:20:05)

Hi,
I have the same kind of issue after updated slim from v1.3.4-4 to v1.3.5-1.
see my topic here :
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=156792
Last edited by cedricl (2013-01-24 17:16:42)

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I'm trying to add my own custom commands to a Scheduling Gantt on my page. I have some questions/comments.
1. I can add items to the tablePopupMenu facet, and they show up fine and my listener gets executed. How can I find out what resource was selected when this event fires, and/or the IDs of all of the selected resources? The actionEvent has very little information in it and is just generic. Do I need to tell it somehow that it is a "resource" event?
2. I have added items to the chartPopupMenu facet, and they show up fine on the menu, but the listener is not called when I click the menu item. This seems like a bug but maybe I'm just doing something wrong.
3. I would have thought that whatever menu items I add to these popup menus would also be added to the "Resource" and "Task" menus on the menu bar, but they're not. How can I add my own menu commands there?
4. Is it possible for me to change the text that displays for the "Resource", "Task" and "View" menus? We have a legacy language translation system that I need to use to get the menu choices.
Any and all advice appreciated!
Christine

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Hi,
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Thanks
MT

Hi nahlikh,
Thank you for the reply.
I used below command in Procedure but still getting the same error as "java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "OdiOSCommand": error=2, No such file or directory".
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MT

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After selecting this action you're supposed to go to the actual menus and
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from a list. Did you try that?

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I am trying to run a command to add a group name. It is executed in command prompt of Windows 2003/2000
Say this is the command I want to execute:
net localgroup LordSM /add
Here LordSM is the group name.
I wrote the following code but it does not seem to work. Please suggest.
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{ System.out.println(s); }
I am trying to run a command to add a group name. It is executed in command prompt of Windows 2003/2000
Say this is the command I want to execute:
net localgroup LordSM /add
Here LordSM is the group name.
I wrote the following code but it does not seem to work. Please suggest.
String ABC=Value1TextField.getText();
Value2Label.setText("Value is now " + ABC);
// Above is to get value from a JText Field
// Below is the code to run command for adding a group name to a System.
String ExecutedCmd = "net localgroup " + ABC + "/add";
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(ExecutedCmd);
BufferedReader stdInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
BufferedReader stdError = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getErrorStream()));
// read the output from the command
System.out.println("Here is the standard output of the command:\n");
while ((s = stdInput.readLine()) != null)
{ System.out.println(s); }
// read any errors from the attempted command
System.out.println("Here is the standard error of the command (if any):\n");
while ((s = stdError.readLine()) != null)
{ System.out.println(s); }
It does not seem to work means, that no Standard Error is defined, when it executes and group name is not added as well. The following is JUnit Test Result: Hope it gives a better idea of the problem I am facing:
compile:
run:
Here is the standard output of the command:
Here is the standard error of the command (if any):
The syntax of this command is:
NET LOCALGROUP [groupname [/COMMENT:"text"]] [DOMAIN]
groupname {ADD [/COMMENT:"text"] | /DELETE} [DOMAIN]
groupname name [...] {ADD | /DELETE} [DOMAIN]
Got it
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 10 minutes 49 seconds)
I had even tried this:
Runtime rt =Runtime.getRuntime();
String[] cmd = new String[3];
cmd[0] = "cmd.exe";
cmd[1]="net localgroup";
cmd[2] =ABC + "/add";
rt.exec(cmd);
but again, it does not give any error as such, but it does not create the group name either. Please suggest. We can see the group names that are added on right clicking My Computer Icon and click Manage and then go to User & Group section. On executing either of the code nothing happens.
Thanks

Duplicate post:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5203526&messageID=9812067#9812067

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 at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
 at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
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 at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
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 at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
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 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
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DECLARE
RetVal ;
I_STRING VARCHAR2(200);
BEGIN
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AND A.NAME = 'XXX'
AND A.EFFDT =
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AND A.TREE_NODE_NUM = C.TREE_NODE_NUM
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I developed a report in CR XI with a subreport whose command sql expression DB name comes from a command parameter linked from the main report. It works fine when I run it on my desktop, but when run from the server(Business Objects Enterprise XI, Release 2) if returns no records. If I use gouping it runs fine on my desktop, but I get "Invalid Group condition" if I try to run it on the server.
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I'm using DIAdem v 11.3.0f4563 on Win2003 (32bit).
I'm unable to export reports to PDF (this has worked fine on previous DIAdem versions on the same HW/OS).
The problem occurs every time I select "File -> PDF Export..." from the menu.
First i get to select the file name, then a messagebox appears with the following text:
Error while executing "PicPDFExport" command.
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Module name:kernel32.dll
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I also have a script for exporting reports to DIAdem, this produces the same error message (but the rest of the application is still working after clicking OK, so no need to restart DIAdem).

Hello salte,
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Otmar
Otmar D. Foehner
Business Development Manager
DIAdem and Test Data Management
National Instruments
Austin, TX - USA
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