[jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
- From: "Bryan Garaventa" <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:58:03 -0700
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
>>> >
>>> > __________
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>>> >
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>>> >
>>>
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>
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