AppleScript command to reveal the Settings window?

[luckman212]

I would like to be able to open Viscosity's Settings window (with the list of connections) via script, Terminal command, etc.

Is there any way to do this?

[luckman212]

Looking at the app's Info.plist I see it also supports 2 URI schemes:

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open://viscosity:_______
open://viscosityserial:_______

Are there parameters available to this URI scheme? I prefer this to having to use osascript for sure.

[James]

Hi luckman212,

It's possible to do this using AppleScript, however I'm afraid we don't have a ready-made script we can provide. You can look up documentation for controlling UI elements with AppleScript to simulate opening Viscosity's menu and clicking on the Settings menu item. You could also try using a tool like Automator to record actions for you.

Cheers,
James

[luckman212]

Ok I'll try that but... scripting with simulated mouse clicks is very 90s style automation. I would hope there would be a little bit better way to interface with the UI.

[luckman212]

I spent over 2 hours messing about with Script Editor and Accessibility Inspector trying to figure out how to interact with the unnamed NSStatusItem UI elements, but after reading a dozen Stack Overflow threads and talking to ChatGPT for a bit I have given up. Example:



So, back to the original question:
"Is there any way to automate the opening of Viscosity's Settings dialog via commandline?"

[luckman212]

Following up on this. Hoping there is a way (or will be one day)

[James]

I'm afraid I have no further suggestions that could help control Viscosity in such a manner.

If you're trying to control Viscosity to configure it, you can instead make use of Viscosity's bundling features:
https://www.sparklabs.com/support/kb/ar ... ences-mac/

If you're trying to control VPN connections, you can instead make use of Viscosity's connect/disconnect commands:
https://www.sparklabs.com/support/kb/ar ... cript-mac/

Cheers,
James

[luckman212]

Thanks. I'm specifically wanting to be able to programmatically open the "Settings" panel. I don't think this is possible to do currently? Please consider this a feature request.