[jawsscripts] Re: JAWS script how you alphabetize items or compare
- From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:53:47 +1100
Hi Doug. Are you feeling up to specifying for us, what the differences
exactly are, that you mention below, between 12 and 13, as regards differing
methodology of their string comparisons?
and/or how you discovered they were different?
or is that a stupid question. If I might answer it an alternate way than
bugging you about it, maybe indicate how/where you learned?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 4:31 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: JAWS script how you alphabetize items or compare
> The StringCompare() function is probably better for comparing strings
> for less/greater/equal. StringToInt does not help for this unless the
> strings are, or begin with, digits. But yes, the comparison operators
> do a sort of comparison. The precise nature of this comparison is a
> bit interesting and is different by default in JAWS 13 than in JAWS 12
> and older.
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 09:42:27PM -0700, John Martyn wrote:
> JAWS 12 does the same thing. But there is hope. I can resort the list
> containing the item name and item number just like what I did with the
> segment1 and segment2 function I put out there. I could write this one too
> One other thing I noticed is that you can compare string values to see
> what
> is higher. The character A being the lowest and Z being the highest. Try
> it
> out. I just put ABB and ABC in the comparison below.
> if "abb" < "abc" then
> SayString("yes")
> endif
> Interesting that you can compare strings for values. I guess string to int
> isn't needed.
> John
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Lee
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 9:03 PM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: JAWS script how you alphabetize items or
> compare
>
> We might have to look at your actual code to figure this one out then.
> I don't think DlgSelectItemInList() actually reorders the items in the
> segmented string you pass to it, so item 23 should be the 23rd item in the
> segmented list, not the 23rd item down on screen when the list is sorted.
>
> If you're saying DlgSelectItemInList really is reordering things in your
> segmented string, which would surprise me greatly, just copy it somewhere
> and then copy it back just before each DlgSelectItemInList call.
>
> Does that help?
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 08:58:23PM -0700, John Martyn wrote:
> I know, that was just an example. The actual code is with the 0 being a 1
> to
> sort it. But it doesn't seem to focus the correct item when it returns to
> the while statement.
> When I sort it, the I gives me a value of 23 if I pick the third item in
> the
> list. When I is set, I make it focus back on the variable I, but it
> actually
> goes to the 23 item in the list. I hope I am explaining this as best as I
> can. It seems to focus the item, the rearrange the list after. That's what
> I'm referring to.
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Lee
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 8:05 PM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: JAWS script how you alphabetize items or
> compare
>
> You're passing 0 in that last call, indicating you don't want the list
> sorted that time. If you sort it the first time and you want i to be valid
> for another call, you'll need to sort it the second and subsequent times
> also. Otherwise, the lists themselves are not equal, and item 3 is no
> longer
> what item 3 was before.
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 07:47:26PM -0700, John Martyn wrote:
> I think I found a bug in the jaws script. When you DLGSelectItemFromList
> and
> arrange it in alphabetic order, it gives you the correct value when you
> assign it to a variable such as int I, but if you remain in the function
> in
> a loop, it doesn't retain which index you are to properly set you on. For
> example say I have the following segmented string.
> Let someSegment = "dogs|cats"
>
> Naturally if you don't alphabetize it in the function, dogs will come up
> first unless you put the flag of 1 in the built in function. Now, you can
> string segment it to get the right information, but when it calls another
> function that returns back to this dialog window, I wanted the previous
> selection to be active. The result,I = DLGSelectDialog (someSegment,
> "|",0,i)
>
> The I at the end of that function should return you to the previous item
> in
> the list with focus. But it doesn't return you to the same item if you
> sort
> the list inside the function call.
>
> This bug is annoying so I have to find a way around it.
>
> If I can alphabetize the string segment before it goes into the dialog,
> that
> would work, but how do you compare two words to be alphabetical?
>
> I can think of a long drawn out process that will drive me insane, but
> possible.
>
> Is there any built in function that will help me out possibly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Martyn
>
>
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