[jawsscripts] Re: Issues when scripting for 64-bit Windows versions
- From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:02:46 -0500
Sorry for any confusion. This was a reply to one of Doug's previous
messages where he solved an issue of installing JAWS scripts on a 64 bit
Windows using the Inno installer. This is the installer Jamal's JAWS Script
Exchange (JSX) uses. I thought about adding Jamal's name to the salutation
as well to get his attention. Perhaps a salutation in general is a bad
idea. I started doing it to force myself to keep names straight, since I
have always been bad associating names. But I do not have to write this
down to get that extra thought process I normally bypass. I was not clear
if Doug's fix was applicable directly to the Scripts.ISS file I modify for
JSX, but thought it might since BX uses JSX. However, as I remember, the
Skype scripts installer has it's own interface, I assume using Inno Setup as
well. Not sure about that, I am new to the Skype world.
Don Marang
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:33 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Issues when scripting for 64-bit Windows versions
> Hi Don. I wasn't sure, but from your message below it kinda sounded like
> you
> may've been under the impression that Doug was the author of the jsx
> package?
> whereas my understanding was that was a Jamal creation.
>
> Is this correct people?
>
> Victor tsarens might also know something about this, since I think He's at
> present working on an install for HotSpotClicker for us that will run on a
> 64 bit system.
>
> comments Victor?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:16 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Issues when scripting for 64-bit Windows
> versions
>
>
>> Hi Doug,
>>
>> I have several scripts which I use JSX to package for distribution. I
>> currently do not have access to a 64 bit computer, but I wanted to create
> my
>> JSX packages so they would work on 64 bit systems as well. I added the
>> following line you previously suggested toward the bottom of the [Setup]
>> section of my Scripts.iss file within the C:\JSX directory.
>> ArchitecturesInstallIn64BitMode=x64 ia64
>>
>> I am told this is not working. Previously, the only changes I have made
> to
>> this file has been to set constants for version, developer, copyright,
>> and
>> so on. I have had to only edit this file to make it use these constants.
>> Is this the correct file to update for 64 bit? Does the placement within
>> the section matter? Are there more steps required, such as compiling?
>> Is
> a
>> new version of JSX required that has made this change, compiled, and
>> redistributed?
>>
>> Clearly, I am missing something here. Since I can not test the 64 bit
>> installer for our VMware scripts, Chris Hallsworth will test it out on
>> his
>> Windows 7 64 bit system.
>>
>> Don Marang
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Doug Lee" <doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 3:30 PM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Issues when scripting for 64-bit Windows versions
>>
>>
>> > This is probably old news to some out there, but in case not...
>> >
>> > I have spent this week working out a few issues with JAWS scripts on
>> > 64-bit Windows versions. One issue I ran into was that Inno Setup
>> > installers for such scripts could not find the JAWS registry entries
>> > indicating where to install scripts for the various compatible JAWS
>> > versions on a 64-bit machine.
>> >
>> > In summary, it turns out that you have to add something like the
>> > following line to the [Setup] section of your .iss file:
>> >
>> > ArchitecturesInstallIn64BitMode=x64 ia64
>> >
>> > Without that line, Inno Setup will always have the installer run in
>> > 32-bit mode. This is a problem on a 64-bit Windows version because
>> > JAWS itself, being a 64-bit process there, will not list itself in the
>> > 32-bit version of the system registry. For an Inno Setup installer to
>> > find the registry entries for JAWS, it has to run in 64-bit mode and
>> > use the 64-bit version of the registry. (I suppose it might be
>> > possible to access the 64-bit version of the registry from a 32-bit
>> > process, but this method of solving the problem seems easier than
>> > working that out in a way that doesn't break compatibility with 32-bit
>> > Windows versions.)
>> >
>> > Another issue I encountered was that some objects that exist on 32-bit
>> > Windows do not exist on 64-bit Windows. Most prevalent in my work
>> > among these is the MSScriptControl.ScriptControl object, which comes
>> > from c:\windows\system32\MSScript.ocx. According to my research,
>> > there is no 64-bit version of this object available or planned by
>> > Microsoft. I doubt many scripters have used this, but I have on a few
>> > occasions. Since Microsoft encouraged dynamic scripting of this sort
>> > for years, I was quite stunned to discover that they are apparently
>> > dropping support for this one.
>> >
>> > Any further input from JAWS scripters working with 64-bit Windows
>> > versions is welcome indeed.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Doug Lee, Senior Accessibility Programmer
>> > SSB BART Group - Accessibility-on-Demand
>> > mailto:doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ssbbartgroup.com
>> > "While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done,
>> > it was done." --Helen Keller
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