[jawsscripts] New ForceWin utility in HomerKit
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:00:34 -0400 (EDT)
I became frustrated that the AppActivate method of the Windows Script
Host, as well as a similar method of the .NET Framework, do not activate a
window. They worked with older versions of Windows, but Windows XP and
above do not permit an external process to activate a window. There is
one exception: the external process has to attach itself to the thread of
the program whose window is to be activated. I did extensive web
searching, but could not find a free, canned routine to do this. I was
then able to write one using PowerBASIC.
The result is a small command-line utility called ForceWin.exe (because it
forces a window to be activated). The source code is also included in
ForceWin.bas. These get installed in the Homer subfolder if the HomerKit
installer is used:
http://EmpowermentZone.com/kitsetup.exe
Someone wanting to use the utility (or others included in the package) but
not wanting to install everything can do a selective, manual install from
the zip archive:
http://EmpowermentZone.com/kitsetup.zip
ForceWin.exe takes a single parameter on the command line: the numeric
handle of the window to be activated. So, a JAWS script can obtain the
window handle of interest with one of its FindWindow or other functions,
then pass it on the command line via the Run function or the ShellRun
function of HomerKit.
Hope this is helpful.
Jamal
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