Like Craig mentioned, you'll have to use "
Xcode" in order to achieve this. Here are some basic instructions for building an app that will get the current x and y locations of your mouse...
1) Launch "
Xcode"
2) Click "*Create a new Xcode project*"
3) Select "*Cocoa-AppleScript Application*" and click "
Choose…"
4) Give your new app a name, choose where to save it, and click "
Save"
5) Click the disclosure triangle located to the left of the folder named "
Classes"
6) Double click the "
YourAppNameDelegate.applescript" file to open it in a new editor window
7) Replace the code that reads…
<pre style="width:630px;height:auto;overflow-x:auto;overflow-y:hidden;"
title="Copy this code and paste it into your Script Editor application.">
property parent : class "NSObject"
on applicationWillFinishLaunching_(aNotification)
-- Insert code here to initialize your application before any files are opened
end applicationWillFinishLaunching_
on applicationShouldTerminate_(sender)
-- Insert code here to do any housekeeping before your application quits
return current application's NSTerminateNow
end applicationShouldTerminate_
</pre>
with this code…
<pre style="width:630px;height:auto;overflow-x:auto;overflow-y:hidden;"
title="Copy this code and paste it into your Script Editor application.">
property parent : class "NSObject"
property pNSEvent : class "NSEvent"
on applicationWillFinishLaunching_(aNotification)
-- Insert code here to initialize your application before any files are opened
my performSelectorwithObject_afterDelay("getMouseXY", missing value, 0)
end applicationWillFinishLaunching_
on applicationShouldTerminate_(sender)
-- Insert code here to do any housekeeping before your application quits
return current application's NSTerminateNow
end applicationShouldTerminate_
on getMouseXY()
set mouseLocation to pNSEvent's mouseLocation() as list
set xMouse to item 1 of mouseLocation as integer
set yMouse to item 2 of mouseLocation as integer
display dialog "X=" & xMouse & ", Y=" & yMouse giving up after 1
my performSelectorwithObject_afterDelay("getMouseXY", missing value, 0.1)
end getMouseXY
</pre>
8) Press *Command + S* to save the script and then press *Command + R* to compile and run your new app.
After Xcode compiles and runs your new app, all you will see is a generic window. This window can be modified using "*Interface Builder*", but I won't go into how to do that right now. What you will notice the app doing is presenting you with a dialog over and over and over again until you click cancel or quit the app. This dialog will tell you the x and y location of your mouse.
Hope this helps...
