Applescript to automatically update the EyeTV DVB EPG program guide

Question

For EyeTV users in Europe and Australia with DVB EPG access, you will all know that EyeTV will not keep that database automatically updated.
So I wrote this bit of Applescript will update EyeTV's free to air DVB EPG database.
Paste it into the ApplesScript Editor, and save it as an application somewhere like in Applications.  On first run you will get a dialog saying it need access to Accessibility.  Navigate to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > Accessibility and you will see your app listed there.  Enter your password, click the checkbox, and then try again.  It should then work fine.
To automate the launching of the script, set it to run at at daily a convenient time using either Lingon (or some similar launch agent configuration utility), or using iCal as per this tip: http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_make_your_ical_alarm_perform_action
Running it daily (or as often as you like) will keep your EyeTV EPG database up to date always.  No more missed recordings because the EPG was not up to date!  Yay!
This is the basic script, I'm sure it can be better.:
tell application "EyeTV"
          activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
          tell process "EyeTV"
                    keystroke "g" using command down
                    delay 1
                    click (pop up button 1 of window 1)
                    delay 1
                    click menu item "Update DVB Program Guide" of menu 1 of pop up button 1 of window "EyeTV Programs"
          end tell
end tell
Cheers
Chris.

Answer 1

Good morning Frank
OK....
I too have the same issue (didn't notice it at first).  Having wasted several hours, I found no way around it.
But there are tools like clicclick that can click anywhere on the mac screen.  So... get it from here:
http://www.bluem.net/en/mac/cliclick   (big thank you to Carsten Blüm)  :-)
install as recommended (I put it in usr/bin/ as I had no usr/local/bin).  Check it works via the terminal by pastingcliclick c:28,11 into terminal and pressing return.  If that opens the apple menu, then it is installed and working.
Then try this script, which first puts the EyeTV window to a specific location on the screen, then instead of using UI scripting to click the silly pop up button 1, uses clicclick to clik at the location of the button.  This opens the menu, and then UI scripting can click it.  You may want to change the EyeTV window location from the value I chose, if so put it into your prefered position then use the Accessibility Inspector to get the location of the button, then add some pixels either side of that.
For me this now works perfectly every time, I hope it will for you.  Annoying to have to install clicclick but there you go. 
tell application "EyeTV"
  activate
  set the position of window 1 to {30, 60}
end tell
tell application "System Events"
  tell application process "EyeTV"
  keystroke "g" using command down
  delay 4
  do shell script "cliclick c:170,70"
  delay 1
  click menu item "Update DVB Program Guide" of menu 1 of pop up button 1 of window "EyeTV Programs"
  end tell
end tell
I have found that the delay after the keystroke g is essential otherwise I get an invalid index error, I think because it is not ready to accept the click.  You may need to change the delay.
Also when using Lingon to launch the Applescript App, the path needs to be to the applet file inside the contents of it.  ie something like mydirectory/myappname.app/contents/MacOS/applet.  name your app without spaces.
cheers
Chris