That is what makes it all worth it Mike. Cheers to you and your team that is working out with scripts! D C On 19 Mar 2010 at 7:29, Mike wrote: > All, > > I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who contributes to this list and for > helping me with my scripting enquiries. > I am not visually impaired myself but I work in I.T. and support almost 150 > visually impaired users, 40 of which are using JAWS. > I have been scripting for this little community for a while now as the > systems they use are quite archaic and feedback with JAWS is at time pretty > poor. All the scripting I do for them enhances their experience at work and > helps them to be more productive. > > So once again, cheers! > > Mike. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:38 PM > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Help for writing scripts > > > JR, > > > > Can you see what the script is doing? How it saves all the text from the > > full window area, then treats it as a single string, delimited by carriage > > returns. Using some of FS's built in functions, the part of the string > > after the last carriage return is extracted, and this is the last line > > from > > the screen. If your application has a status bar, this text will be what > > is > > displayed on the status bar, since the status bar is positioned at the > > bottom of the screen. We can add to the script, treating the last line of > > text itself as a string delimited by space characters, and using exactly > > the > > same technique, extract any of the words we want to be spoken. What you > > will need to do is tell us which words from the status bar you want > > spoken: > > is it the third and fourth words? Is it the first and fifteenth words? > > Only you can say. > > > > Over to you. > > > > Martin > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <benedicjr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:14 AM > > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Help for writing scripts > > > > > >> Hi. I see the saybottomline script, but there's no instructions how to > >> customize it for my needs. Is there any doccumentation for it? Such as > >> how > >> to use and what are the parameters needed? I also want to know how can > >> turn it in an automatic function? > >> Sorry to be a pain, but please have patients for me. Thanks. I really > >> apriciate your help. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:36:42 -0000 > >> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Help for writing scripts > >> > >>> First things first: > >>> > >>> You need to open Script Manager, which you do with JAWSKey + 0 (that's > >>> 0 > >>> on the main keyboard, not the NumPad). When Script Manager opens, hit > >>> control + f4 to close the window holding the current application's > >>> scripts, > >>> and open default.jss. If you have done this before, then control + o > >>> will > >>> bring up a dialog allowing you to do it again. If not, you will need to > >>> Open Shared File from the File menu at the top of the screen, which > >>> gives > >>> a > >>> similar dialog. > >>> > >>> When default.jss is open, hit control + l which opens a dialog listing > >>> all > >>> available scripts. Hit the S key then tab into the list and focus will > >>> be > >>> on the first script whose name begins with the letter S. Arrow down a > >>> few > >>> times and you should hear the script you want announced. Tab to the OK > >>> button or just hit enter and focus will jump to the first line of that > >>> script. Read the script and see if it makes any sense. > >>> > >>> Martin > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: <benedicjr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:11 AM > >>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Help for writing scripts > >>> > >>> > >>> >I can't see the SayBottomlinewindow. Can you instruct me how to do > >>> >this? > >>> >Yes the statusbar read command gives me too much info. And I want also > >>> >the > >>> >function to read that automatically if new text displayed. can you give > >>> >how > >>> >to do the automatically reading of wanted information or wanted area of > >>> >the > >>> >screen? > >>> > > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- > >>> > From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> > Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:53:28 -0000 > >>> > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Help for writing scripts > >>> > > >>> >> Hi JR, > >>> >> > >>> >> Did you get anywhere with this problem? I don't know the > >>> >> application > >>> >> you > >>> >> are working with, but the JAWS hotkey JAWSKey + PageDown will read > >>> >> out > >>> >> the > >>> >> last line on the screen, and if a status bar is present, that will be > >>> >> the > >>> >> line read. Does that give too much information? If so, then the > >>> >> script > >>> >> SayBottomLineOfWindow(), which is in default.jss and is called by > >>> >> that > >>> >> hotkey, can probably be modified to do what you want. Have a look > >>> >> and > >>> >> see > >>> >> what you think. > >>> >> > >>> >> hth > >>> >> > >>> >> Martin > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> >> From: <benedicjr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> >> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> >> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:16 AM > >>> >> Subject: [jawsscripts] Help for writing scripts > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > Hi. Anyone here know PopPeeper? I try to make an automatic read > >>> >> > function > >>> >> > for some items in the status bar through using a frame. But I found > >>> >> > out > >>> >> > that it's not stable so that's why I want to make scripts with same > >>> >> > function. I try to study but still no idea how that works. Can you > >>> >> > please > >>> >> > help me to write this functions? Or will you write some for me? > >>> >> > Please, > >>> >> > it would be a great help. Thanks... > >>> >> > > >>> >> > JR > >>> >> > __________ > >>> >> > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository > >>> >> > http://jawsscripts.com > >>> >> > > >>> >> > View the list's information and change your settings at > >>> >> > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > >>> >> > > >>> >> > >>> >> __________ > >>> >> Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository > >>> >> http://jawsscripts.com > >>> >> > >>> >> View the list's information and change your settings at > >>> >> //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> > __________ > >>> > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository > >>> > http://jawsscripts.com > >>> > > >>> > View the list's information and change your settings at > >>> > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > >>> > > >>> > >>> __________ > >>> Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository > >>> http://jawsscripts.com > >>> > >>> View the list's information and change your settings at > >>> //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> __________ > >> Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com > >> > >> View the list's information and change your settings at > >> //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > >> > > > > __________ > > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com > > > > View the list's information and change your settings at > > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > > > > __________ > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com > > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > __________ Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts