[jawsscripts] Registration-free COM with GetObject on Win64
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: JAWSScripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 13:46:09 -0500 (EST)
I recently got a 64-bit Windows 7 computer at home and notice a
compatibility problem with my IEMax scripts for Internet Explorer,
available at
http://EmpowermentZone.com/IEMax.exe
(or .zip for a manual install)
The scripts make use of a registration-free COM server that I created with
VBScript and JScript code in a Windows Script Component file called
HomerJax.wsc, which is also separately available at
http://EmpowermentZone.com/HomerJax.zip
The HomerJax COM object is instantiated via the JAWS GetObject function,
using a technique described in the following article:
Doctor Scripto's Script Shop: Windows Script Components Have a COM-ing
Effect
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692823.aspx
User feedback from Win64 users of my scripts led me to think that this
technique would work on my new computer, but so far, it does not. I have
Googled extensively for an answer, but not found one. Can anyone confirm
whether this technique does or does not work on 64-bit Windows?
I am guessing that the reason it does not work is because JAWS is a 64-bit
process on that platform, so this technique would require 64-bit COM
support. However, it is my understanding that Microsoft did not port that
part of the Windows Script Host to 64-bit. I am guessing that the
technique depends on runtime evaluation of the VBScript and JScript code
by the COM server with the ProgID "MSScriptControl.ScriptControl.," which
was not ported to 64-bit.
If anyone has info to share on this topic, I'd appreciate it.
Jamal
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