[jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:00:34 -0400 (EDT)
Why would JAWS automatically uncheck this script set in the Manage
Application Settings list?
I have tried ConfigNames.ini, without success.
Jamal
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Bryan
Garaventa wrote:
> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:58:03 -0700
> From: Bryan Garaventa <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
>
> This is likely the issue then, since the scripts won't work properly when
> this is not checked.
>
> You might be able to use the ConfigNames.ini file to make the script
> resolution a bit more reliable.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Hartgen" <jaws@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 10:08 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
>
>
> > If I check the option, press Enter, then go back in to verify, it's
> > unchecked.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bryan Garaventa
> > Sent: Monday, 15 June 2009 6:09 PM
> > To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
> >
> > Does toggling the checkbox for the scripts in
> > JAWS > Options > Manage Application Settings
> > do anything useful? I had a similar problem with my NetLimiter scripts
> > until
> >
> > I tried this. A long shot perhaps...
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:19 AM
> > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
> >
> >
> >>I have tried that as well, without success. Good suggestion though.
> >>
> >> Jamal
> >> On Mon, 15 Jun 2009,
> >> Bryan Garaventa wrote:
> >>
> >>> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:11:18 -0700
> >>> From: Bryan Garaventa <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
> >>>
> >>> You've likely already tried this, but does the old method for passing
> >>> keys
> >>> through work? For instance
> >>> {alt+t}
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <JAWSScripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 8:15 AM
> >>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Difficulty scripting McTwit
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > As you may know, I develop a Twitter client called McTwit, whose
> >>> > installer
> >>> > is available at
> >>> > http://EmpowermentZone.com/mtsetup.exe
> >>> >
> >>> > Although I try to make the application as keyboard and screen
> >>> > reader-friendly as possible, sometimes there are ways that it may be
> >>> > enhanced in ways that are not presently practical through my coding
> >>> > alone.
> >>> > I wish to promote collaboration in this and other open source
> >>> > projects,
> >
> >>> > so
> >>> > will work with anyone wanting to make a contribution that offers
> >>> > additional features.
> >>> >
> >>> > I'm writing now in the hope that someone on this list may be able to
> >>> > resolve why JAWS does not recognize scripted keys for McTwit. Brian
> >>> > Hartgen and others on Twitter have suggested alternative hotkeys for
> >>> > McTwit that work like an email interface. At present, I am
> >>> > implementing
> >>> > hotkeys only by means of the Windows dialog engine, which
> >>> > automatically
> >>> > provides hotkeys of an Alt+Letter nature when the & character is used
> >>> > in
> >>> > the label of a button. With some email-like alternatives, one could
> >>> > also
> >>> > do, say, Control+N for a new tweet (rather than Alt+T), Control+R for
> >>> > a
> >>> > direct reply, and Control+Shift+R for a public reply (like "replying
> >>> > to
> >>> > all").
> >>> >
> >>> > To our surprise, Brian Hartgen and I have not been able to implement
> >>> > this
> >>> > with normal JAWS scripting techniques, e.g.,
> >>> >
> >>> > Script NewTweet()
> >>> > TypeKey("Alt+T")
> >>> > EndScript
> >>> >
> >>> > where the .jkm file contains
> >>> > Control+N=NewTweet
> >>> >
> >>> > This is why Brian has been trying to use the key pressed event, with
> >>> > unsatisfactory results so far.
> >>> >
> >>> > I asked Jeff Bishop if he could implement similar functionality with
> >>> > Window-Eyes scripting, and he has done so in a script package
> >>> > available
> >
> >>> > at
> >>> >
> >>> >
> > http://www.gwmicro.com/Script_Central/Scripts/Script_Details/?scriptid=1244
> >>> >
> >>> > Can anyone help us get this working with JAWS? Although the main
> >>> > executable is McTwit.exe, Insert+Q reports that a GUI-related DLL is
> >>> > active when McTwit is the active window. Still, JAWS should be able
> >>> > to
> >>> > script such an application, as it does for others with DLLs that
> >>> > assist
> >>> > the primary executable. I don't know if this might be a problem, but
> >>> > the
> >>> > DLL has a Python related suffix, rather than the traditional .dll.
> >>> > The
> >>> > AutoStart event does trigger whenever McTwit is the active window, but
> >>> > scripts are not recognized.
> >>> >
> >>> > Suggestions, anyone?
> >>> >
> >>> > Jamal
> >>> >
> >>> > __________
> >>> > 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
> >>>
> >> __________
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> >>
> >> View the list's information and change your settings at
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> >>
> >
> > __________
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> >
> > View the list's information and change your settings at
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> >
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> >
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> >
>
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>
> View the list's information and change your settings at
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