[jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit

Jim,
I have not been able to get your technique to work, but since Brian did,
I must not be grasping it fully.  Can you explain conceptually what this
technique is doing?

Jamal
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Jim Bauer wrote:

> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:28:40 -0500
> From: Jim Bauer <holdsworthfan@xxxxxx>
> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
>
> This goes in wx._core_:
>
> function Unknown(string TheName)
> typeKey(iniReadString("Common Keys", TheName,
> getCurrentScriptKeyName(), GetJawsSettingsDirectory()+"\\mctwit.jkm"))
> endFunction
>
>
> Then, simply switchToConfiguration("mctwit" in WXCore's autoStartEvent
> function. Put your scripts in mctwit.jss.
> Hope that cleared things up at least a little.
> Original message
> from: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
> date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:51:11 -0400 (EDT)
>
> >Hi Jim,
> >Can you post sample code?  I tried SwitchToConfiguration in the
> >AutoStart event, but it did not work.  I also tried SwitchToScriptFile.
> >I didn't understand the references to unknown function or the ini file
> >in your message.
> >
> >Jamal
> >On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Jim Bauer wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:12:24 -0500
> >> From: Jim Bauer <holdsworthfan@xxxxxx>
> >> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
> >>
> >> You can make Unknown work for you here:
> >> switch to the mctwit configuration in the autoStartEvent of
> >> wx._core_.jss. Also include therein an unknown function that looks in
> >> mctwit.jkm (via iniReadString) for the keystroke(s) it has been
> >> passed, then types the findings.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>  Original message
> >> from: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
> >> date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:19:54 -0400 (EDT)
> >>
> >> >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
> >> >> >
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