[jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit

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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