[jawsscripts] Re: GUI Objects with same control ID

  • From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:13:53 -0700

Speaking of which, what is the home row command in jfw 11? They seem
to have changed it & I can't seem to find what it is. Why can't they
just leave stuff like that *alone!*?

On 3/1/10, Jon Squally <jonsqually@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Chris,
>
> Control ID it sounds like will not help you in this instance.  If you are
> looking at objects and object manipulation it may be useful to look at the
> Windows Mobile Device Center.jss script file.  The function you are asking
> about may be getMSAARect.  Be careful if you decide that you wish to use
> other functions such as AcvcNavigate within this script file.  These
> functions can be time intensive, and/or problematic in certain applications.
> If you are having issues with making specific fields within your application
> read properly you might try moving to the field name   Then test for
> subtypecode of the object of the field label.  If you find that you need
> more flexibility than the GetObjectSubTypeCode function provides, you could
> look at the function getTypeCodeAndTypeFromMSAAItem within the above script
> file.
>
> Additionally, you can use f10 to cycle through the msaa information for the
> object of interest within -Script utility mode, and f9 to read it.
>
> I hope this helps, Jon.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Kung
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 07-39 AM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] GUI Objects with same control ID
>
> Hi Everyone
> I work for a company that provides software to transport divisions.
>
> I've been trying to get my head round JAWS scripting to get our application
> to up to scratch but I've encountered some problems.
>
> The main issue is that we have certain objects with the same control ID,
> thus when it comes to scripting its difficult to distinguish between the two
> objects.
>
> One idea was get the screen position of the object and unique identify it
> that way but I haven't got a clue on how to do this.
>
> Has anyone here experienced similar problems?
>
> Thanks
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> Junior Technical Implementation Specialist TrapezeGroup (UK) Limited
> www.trapezegroup.co.uk
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