I use applescript to remote Aegisub to shift the Video subtitle timeline by time. Please see the picture. here is the "shift by" window.
here is the code I use:
tell application "Aegisub"
activate
delay 0.1
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Aegisub"
keystroke "i" using command down --cmd+i open "shift by" window
delay 0.3
click radio button "Time: " of window "Shift Times" --choose shift by time not frames
delay 0.3
set the value of text field 1 of window "Shift Times" to "0:00:00.20" --set up shift how long time
click radio button "Forward" of window "Shift Times" --forward or backward
click radio button "Selection onward" of group "Affect" of window "Shift Times"
delay 0.3
click button "OK" of window "Shift Times"
end tell
end tell
note the line:
set the value of text field 1 of window "Shift Times" to "0:00:00.20"
It does change the on screen value of text field 1 to "0:00:00.20". But actually it will shift time by the last value you used.
If you input "0:00:00.20" with keyboard by hand, it will shift by time "0:00:00.20". Only this line doesn't work here.
It looks like it's related to the format of the timecode.
Note the timecode the app uses is "0:00:00.20", not "0:00:00:20".
Hope someone can help me.
Finally I find the answer. I need to use keystroke to input the value one digit by one digit, like what i do with keyboard. And the tell end tell structure for Button "OK" in @Ted Wrigley 's answer inspired me. Here the correct code
tell application "Aegisub"
activate
delay 0.1
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Aegisub"
set stime to "0000020"
keystroke "i" using command down --cmd+i open "shift by" window
delay 0.3
click radio button "Time: " of window "Shift Times" --choose shift by time not frames
delay 0.3
tell text field 1 of window "Shift Times"
set focused to true
keystroke stime
end tell
click radio button "Forward" of window "Shift Times" --forward or backward
click radio button "Selection onward" of group "Affect" of window "Shift Times"
delay 0.3
click button "OK" of window "Shift Times"
end tell
end tell
note the format of timecode on screen is "0:00:00.20", but the format of stime must be "0000020".