[jawsscripts] Re: JAWS Sorting Library
- From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 01:17:14 +1000
ah. indeed yes. your logic as usual, is impeccable.
<grin.>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Hart" <ahart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 11:25 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: JAWS Sorting Library
> Geoff,
>
> Ah yes. You're right. According to FS documentation on the subject,
> Arrays, Collections, the New operator, and the new loop structures like
> For and ForEach are only available as of JAWS 11 Update 1. The FSDN
> seems only to mention Version 11 availability without beingmore precise
> than that.
>
> However, this should not be a major issue to users as anyone who is
> running JAWS 11, is licenced for 11 Update 1. So unless Update 1 broke
> something major that got fixed in 12, I don't know of any technical
> reason not to be running it.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew.
> \
> On 6/04/2012 8:07 AM, Geoff Chapman wrote:
>> Wasn't there also some issue with stuff not being fully available on the
>> first releases of jaws11? i.e. wasn't some stuff only properly
>> live/debugged
>> on jaws11 build 1430, and later? or something?
>>
>> If so, just thought wise to know, as then you could do
>> headsup on which build of jaws11 the stuff will work with.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Andrew Hart" <ahart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 12:24 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: JAWS Sorting Library
>>
>>
>>> On 5/04/2012 12:23 AM, John Martyn wrote:
>>>> Very interesting that the strings are limited. Good thing I changed
>>>> from
>>>> using them. Music libraries are much bigger than that.
>>>
>>> My thoughts exactly when I discovered this.
>>>
>>>> I'll just have to
>>>> study the heap code. Can you get a count in a row with the heap code?
>>>
>>> Sorry, but I'm not sure what you're asking here.
>>>
>>>> What
>>>> version does the heap code start for JAWS? I am guessing JAWS 11
>>>> perhaps?
>>>
>>> Correct. The only reason the HeapSort code won't run on earlier
>>> versions of JAWS is because it uses arrays. The samples and utility
>>> functions use for loops, so they'll only run on JAWS 11 and later too.
>>> However, the For loops could easily be changed to While loops, but
>>> there's no point since arrays prevent the sort code from running on
>>> earlier versions of JAWS.
>>>
>>> The only way to do this kind of thing in pre JAWS 11 versions
>>> would be to use a COM dll automation server to provide the HeapSort
>>> function (or other sorting function) and/or an alternative array
>>> implementation.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Andrew.
>>>
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