[jawsscripts] Re: Developer needing with pass thru key
- From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:49:50 -0000
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann M. Medlar" <amedlar1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:21 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Developer needing with pass thru key
> Hi,
> I copied a post I received and hope you might help?
> Hi received this post from a Jaws user:
>
> anything to answer my problem with searching good old google.
> I'm trying to get keys to pass through so that jaws does not intercept
> them to a game called Entombed being developed by a new game developer
> trying to break into the accessible games market.
> I produce games for the blind myself at blind adrenaline dot com, and
> they are all using the jaws .api with no trouble, the difference is, I am
> not
> using direct input, instead grabbing the keyboard directly, which
> bypasses
> jaws. The developer of entombed is not going this route, instead using
> input methods of XNA, which pass through jaws first unfortunately,
> meaning
> the
> escape, tab and arrow keys, which are integral to the game are unuseable.
> I have spent hours testing and researching how to do this. I've got
> scripts that in theory should be passing the keys through, but are not,
> at
> least not properly.
> For instance, the escape and tab keys are not being picked up by the
> game,
> so one has to press insert 3 then the tab key to tab, ditto for escape,
> which is not a viable solution.
> My script will allow me to toggle to bypass mode, but then I have to hit
> the key I want to send, as if I had done the insert 3 option. What is
> baffling is that I know the script is
> running, but the game doesn't seem to recognize the key.
>
> Here is one of the scripts, this runs when the up arrow key is pressed,
> although it could be any key. You will notice some commented lines which
> are
> variations I have tried to get this to work to no avail, also a beep just
> so
> I know the script is running:
>
>
> include "hjconst.jsh"
>
> include "hjglobal.jsh"
>
> Include "hjhelp.jsh"
>
> Include "common.jsm"
>
> script escapePass ()
>
> beep()
>
> typeCurrentScriptKey()
>
> PassKeyThrough()
>
> TypeKey ("uparrow")
>
> pause()
>
> ;TypeKey (tab)
>
> ; TypeKey (cksTab)
>
> ; TypeKey (cksUpArrow)
>
> endscript
>
> I have also checked the keyboard file to make sure all is well there,
> and
> the up arrow does trigger the beep, so I know its at least firing off the
> script.
> I am new to jaws scripting, although I have done a lot of vb and c sharp
> codeing, so it is possible I am missing the entire boat here, but I've
> been
> at this for quite a while now and all I've acheved so far is a beep and
> being able to toggle to pass through mode with one key. For example, if
> pass
> through is uncommented here, and I hit up arrow twice, then it works, but
> having to hit each key twice is nuts.
> Surely there is a way to do this. The game is keyboard driven, and the
> developer has put in alternate keys for the arrows, but his solution is
> clumsy at best.
> If we could just get jaws to send a key directly to the game, we'd be
> cooking.
> Any thoughts sincerely appreciated here, and I'm happy to bribe folks
> with
> free memberships to my online card games if any contributors are
> interested
> in playing cards with us.
> Thanks much,
> Che
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 1:25 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Fwd: [program-l] vs 2010 - call for jaws scripters
>
>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject: [program-l] vs 2010 - call for jaws scripters
>> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 19:51:49 -0500
>> From: Justin Daubenmire <justind@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: <program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> All,
>>
>> Please forward this email onto any person who you think may be
>> interested in
>> volunteering.
>>
>> If there are any jaws scripters interested in contributing to programming
>> jaws 11 to work with visual studio 2010 please send me an email at
>> justind@xxxxxxxxx and let me know.
>>
>> I am just putting my feelers out at this point to see how many scripters
>> may
>> be interested. If there are enough volunteers with enough scripting
>> skill, I
>> may consider taking the time to head this project up and also host it on
>> google code so we can have a source code history.
>>
>> /Justin
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