Start AppleScript Script from Java on Mac OSX

Question

I try to execute a JavaScript Script with the Code

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("osascript /Path/To/Script.scpt");

In Terminal the command osascript /Path/To/Script.scpt works fine and the script do ist job but in java nothing happens. I try other commands with Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd) and they all work.

ichUndSo · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-11 11:58:20Z

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I solved it by myself:

String script = "tell application \"System Events\"" + "\n" + "keystroke \"h\" using command down" + "\n" + "end tell";
ScriptEngineManager mgr = new ScriptEngineManager();
ScriptEngine engine = mgr.getEngineByName("AppleScript");
engine.eval(script);

is the new way to execute AppleScripts.

edited Apr 11, 2017 at 11:58

answered Apr 17, 2016 at 20:26

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