[jawsscripts] Re: Screen Area Reading
- From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:29:56 -0400
You need to probe the application using the Home Row Utility or the BX
Toolbox. Try to see if the developer assigned a unique Control ID. If they
did, you should be able to move to that control using:
Const
CID_EDIT = 1053 ; The Control ID found using BX or Home Row
Script MoveToEdit ()
Var
Handle hEditBox
Let hEditBox = FindDescendentWindow (GetAppMainWindow (GetCurrentWindow ()),
CID_EDIT)
If hEditBox Then
SetFocus (hEditBox)
Else
SayString ("Edit box not found!")
EndIf
EndScript
There are other FindWindow and MoveToWindow functions that might work better
in some circumstances,
I had a case where the above method failed, but a very similar method using
statements like below works every time:
If MoveToControl (GetAppMainWindow (GetCurrentWindow ()), CID_EDIT) Then
LeftMouseButton ()
Else
SayString ("Edit box not found!")
EndIf
some of which depend on different information that is unique. Watch out!
The information not only has to be unique, it must be the same every time
the program is run. Some programming environments like to dynamically
assign Control IDs the same number as the window handle, which is assigned
by Windows at run time. If this is the case, you need to find another way
to identify the window.
I hope I didn't make any typos above, I usually allow Script Manager to do
most of the typing!
Don Marang
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Hicks (HICKSSM)" <Steven.HicksSM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:11 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Screen Area Reading
> Hi friends,
> not sure if someone can help me with this query or not but I have an edit
> box that appears on the screen in an application called quetzal that we
> use.
> It is not always in the same place unfortunately but I would like to try
> to find a way to read it quickly if possible, maybe with a shortcut.
> Does anyone know if this is possible please?
> I suspect that it may be a case of searching for the object i.d. of the
> edit box or something then moving to it?
>
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