Simulate Mouse Click using AppleScript

I want to simulate a mouse click using AppleScript. I used click button of window command but unfortunately it only simulates a half click in the sense that you see the button highlighted but the action is not activated. I used a command key function, where I would press a # many times to make the mouse go down. However, this is very slow. I noticed that there is a couple of additional elements that can be used with AppleScript for example XTools and Extra Suites where I can tell the mouse to go to a certain location and click. I am on a Mac OS X 10.3.9 system (I believe I am using a PowerMac as well) and would like to know if any of the two programs are compatible with this system. I would appreciate any help in how I can install the software and what directory to place the software. Thank you very much for your help.

Hi, I don't know if the latest version works in 10.3, but might try Quickeys...
http://startly.com/products/quickeys/mac/4/
Extra Suites should tell you if it works or not when installing.
For old Mac SW...
http://www.oldapps.com/mac/?ModPagespeed=noscript
I think the most modern Browser for Panther/10.3.9 is Camino...
http://caminobrowser.org/releases/1.6.9/
Or iCab 4.8...
http://www.icab.de/dl.php

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Attachments:
Top Level VI.vi ‏14 KB
SubVI.vi ‏21 KB

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click mouse {(position of the mouse), [1]}
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