[jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit

Hi Jim,
Yes, I've tried with braces and TypeKey.
Jamal
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Homme, James
wrote:

> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:18:48 -0400
> From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
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> Hi Jamal,
> Have you tried the syntax with braces or simply type current script key?
> Jim
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> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:16 AM
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> 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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