h1. Overview

The libuic allows to programmatically control UI elements of OS-X applications. It provides the functionality to save UI elements, to perform a 'PRESS' action and to set the 'AXValue' attribute. The lib uses the mac OS-X "accessibility API":http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Accessibility/Reference/AccessibilityLowlevel/AXUIElement_h/CompositePage.html to control other applications.

The apple developer tools provide an 'Accessibility Inspector' to explore application UI elements and their possible actions:

open /Developer/Applications/Utilities/Accessibility\ Tools/Accessibility\ Inspector.app

h1. Example

uic::UIController uiController;
// save UI element under the current mouse position
uiController.saveUiElement(1);
// perform 'PRESS' action for the last stored UI element
uiController.performAction(1, uic::UIController::PRESS, false);

Note: The included sample-app requires ncurses.

h1. Build process

mkdir build

cd build

cmake ..

make

h1. Documentation

cd build

make docs

open ../docs/doxygen/html/index.html