capture-screen

swift -e '
import CoreGraphics
let keyword = "Excel"
let list = CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo(.optionOnScreenOnly, kCGNullWindowID) as? [[String: Any]] ?? []
for w in list {
    let owner = w[kCGWindowOwnerName as String] as? String ?? ""
    let name = w[kCGWindowName as String] as? String ?? ""
    let wid = w[kCGWindowNumber as String] as? Int ?? 0
    if owner.localizedCaseInsensitiveContains(keyword) || name.localizedCaseInsensitiveContains(keyword) {
        print("WID=\(wid) | App=\(owner) | Title=\(name)")
    }
}
'

swift scripts/get_window_id.swift Excel
swift scripts/get_window_id.swift Chrome
swift scripts/get_window_id.swift          # List all windows

# Activate (bring to front)
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel" to activate'
 
# Set zoom level (percentage)
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    set zoom of active window to 120
end tell'
 
# Scroll to specific row
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    set scroll row of active window to 45
end tell'
 
# Scroll to specific column
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    set scroll column of active window to 3
end tell'
 
# Select a cell range
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    select range "A1" of active sheet
end tell'
 
# Select a specific sheet
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    activate object sheet "DCF" of active workbook
end tell'
 
# Open a file
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    open POSIX file "/path/to/file.xlsx"
end tell'

# Activate any app
osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to activate'
 
# Bring specific window to front (by index)
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Google Chrome"
        perform action "AXRaise" of window 1
    end tell
end tell'

timeout 5 osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel" to activate'

# Capture specific window by ID
screencapture -l <WID> output.png
 
# Silent capture (no camera shutter sound)
screencapture -x -l <WID> output.png
 
# Capture as JPEG
screencapture -l <WID> -t jpg output.jpg
 
# Capture with delay (seconds)
screencapture -l <WID> -T 2 output.png
 
# Capture a screen region (interactive)
screencapture -R x,y,width,height output.png

sips --resampleWidth 2032 output.png --out output_1x.png

# Check file was created and has content
ls -la output.png
file output.png    # Should show "PNG image data, ..."

# 1. Open file and activate Excel
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    open POSIX file "/path/to/model.xlsx"
    activate
end tell'
sleep 2
 
# 2. Set up view
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    set zoom of active window to 130
    activate object sheet "Summary" of active workbook
end tell'
sleep 1
 
# 3. Get window ID
#    IMPORTANT: Always re-fetch before capturing. CGWindowID is invalidated
#    when an app restarts or a window is closed and reopened.
WID=$(swift -e '
import CoreGraphics
let list = CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo(.optionOnScreenOnly, kCGNullWindowID) as? [[String: Any]] ?? []
for w in list {
    let owner = w[kCGWindowOwnerName as String] as? String ?? ""
    let wid = w[kCGWindowNumber as String] as? Int ?? 0
    if owner == "Microsoft Excel" { print(wid); break }
}
')
echo "Window ID: $WID"
 
# 4. Capture Section A (top of sheet)
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    set scroll row of active window to 1
end tell'
sleep 1
screencapture -x -l $WID section_a.png
 
# 5. Capture Section B (further down)
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    set scroll row of active window to 45
end tell'
sleep 1
screencapture -x -l $WID section_b.png
 
# 6. Switch sheet and capture
osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    activate object sheet "DCF" of active workbook
    set scroll row of active window to 1
end tell'
sleep 1
screencapture -x -l $WID dcf_overview.png

open "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_ScreenCapture"

swift scripts/get_window_id.swift --permission-hint screen
swift scripts/get_window_id.swift --permission-hint microphone

open "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_Microphone"

1) Error: permission denied
2) Open target pane
3) Verify identity shown by OS = identity you granted
4) If not matched, use the script-reported candidate identities and grant the launcher process
5) Reopen/restart and verify