nick092 wrote:
This may have something to do with the fact that I'm using a laptop keyboard... I believe it may be because AppleScript is trying to press the numbers on my keyboard that are beneath the U, I, O, J, K, L, etc...
FWIW, I'm using an iMac extended keyboard and I've never been able to keystroke numbers either. I don't know why.
As a workaround, you might have a look at the script below. It iterates through the digits of a number you want to keystroke
(numtokeystroke) and, based on the value of the digit itself, matches each to its relative position in
code_list. For example, 9 in 12980 is matched to the ninth item of
code_list (not the third, as its position in the number itself would indicate). Each digit in turn becomes a variable
(codelistitem) which is used in the *key code* command later in the script.
The script can be hard coded to accept a preset variable; however, in this case, *set num
tokeystroke to "12980"* is commented out in favor of *text returned of (display dialog...)*. This was done to more fully test the variables and to provide an option to enter numbers on the fly.
set code_list to {"18", "19", "20", "21", "23", "22", "26", "28", "25", "29"}
set numtokeystroke to text returned of (display dialog "Enter a number below..." default answer "")
-- set numtokeystroke to "12980"
tell application "TextEdit"
activate
if not (exists document 1) then
make new document
end if
tell application "System Events"
repeat with i from 1 to the count of numtokeystroke
set codelistitem to item i of numtokeystroke
try
key code (item codelistitem of code_list) as integer
on error
key code (item 10 of code_list) as integer
end try
end repeat
end tell
end tell
The script worked for me in Mac OS 10.4.11; others' results may vary. Good luck.
