[jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit

Sounds very similar to the DIRECTV2PC application I am attempting to write 
scripts to control.  But DIRECTV2PC is simpler because it just runs multiple 
regular DLLs.

I was installing these scripts on a limited Vista account and found two 
quirks that confused me at first.
1.  I have JAWS 9 and 10 installed.  The radio buttons that appear on the 
installer when it asks which version of JAWS would you like to install the 
scripts into are not announced.  I ended up using the JAWS cursor to click 
on the JAWS 10 radio button.
2.  After the install was complete, I could not find any scripts.  After 
looking around a while, I uninstalled the scripts.  I ran the installer 
again and paid close attention to the full path where it would install.  It 
turns out that it installed in the Admin account (C:\Users\Admin\...) rather 
than in my son's account.  I was required to provide an administrator's 
password to UAC during the install;

Sorry I don't have any answers to your original question, just feedback on 
the installer.


Don Marang


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Hartgen" <jaws@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:21 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit


> Anyone can download the scripts now from
> www.hartgen.org
> I have included the source.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 June 2009 6:20 PM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [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>
>> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: "jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
>>
>> Hi Jamal,
>> Have you tried the syntax with braces or simply type current script key?
>> Jim
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
>> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:16 AM
>> To: JAWSScripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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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