[jawsscripts] Re: Scripting question
- From: John Martyn <johnrobertmartyn@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 12:45:32 -0700
You can sometimes catch the clearing of a dialog or context with this using a
global variable.
Function AutoFinishEvent()
If globalVar == 1 then
Let globalVar = 0
;do something
endif
EndFunction
Cheers,
John
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[mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian Rasnita
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 12:02 PM
To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripting question
No I can't because I don't know how to do that. :-)
Thank you for the idea though.
--Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Martyn" <johnrobertmartyn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 7:01 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripting question
> Can you create a global variable and off the context menu use the auto
> finish event or something?
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian Rasnita
> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 12:02 PM
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> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripting question
>
> No, unfortunately pause() doesn't help.
>
> It seems that no matter if I use pause() or delay(10), all the lines of
> code after it are executed immediately and then the delay is done.
>
>
> --Octavian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Farrow" <sean.farrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 3:29 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripting question
>
>
>> Hi,
>> Does replacing your Delay(5) with just a pause function change the
>> behaviour?
>> Hth
>> Sean.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian Rasnita
>> Sent: 01 January 2014 12:54
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Scripting question
>>
>> Hello and happy new year!
>>
>> I tried to create a script that speaks the number of messages in a folder
>> in
>> Windows Live Mail, but there are important things that don't work and I
>> don't know why.
>>
>> I have added a few comments in this script below. This script is
>> activated
>> with the hotkey Insert+PageDown, which is useless in WLM:
>>
>> Script NumberOfMessagesInAFolder ()
>> var String obj = GetWindowClass (GetFocus()) ;get the class of the
>> object with focus
>>
>> ;press tab once if the focus is not in the tree view and get the new
>> object with focus
>> If obj != "WLXDUI" Then
>> {Tab}
>> obj = GetWindowClass (GetFocus())
>> EndIf
>>
>> SpeechOff() ;make Jaws not speak anything for the moment
>> {Shift+F10} ;open context menu
>> {UpArrow} ;select the properties menu element
>> {Enter} ;open the properties window
>> delay(5) ;allow some time for that window to open
>> RouteJAWSToPc () ;activate Jaws cursor and move it in this
>> properties
>> dialog window
>> {PageDown} ;move the Jaws cursor at the bottom of the properties
>> window
>> {UpArrow} ;move the Jaws cursor one line up, where appears the number
>> of messages
>> var String nr_messages = GetLine () ;read the line and store it in
>> nr_messages var
>> {Escape} ;press escape and close the properties window
>> SpeechOn() ;activate speech
>> SayString("test" + nr_messages) ;say the line with the number of
>> messages
>> EndScript
>>
>> All well and fine, but the single problem is that it doesn't work. :-)
>>
>> If the currently selected folder is say "Deleted items", then pressing
>> Insert+Page Down to run this script just makes Jaws to speak "test
>> Deleted
>> Items", so the GetLine() function is executed immediately and it reads
>> the
>> name of the folder. (I added that string "test" + the number of messages
>> to
>> be sure that this line is executed).
>>
>> You've seen that I used delay(5) to wait for the properties window to
>> open
>> for 0.5 seconds.
>> Even if I use a much longer time, Jaws waits that time without speaking
>> anything, but then it still speaks the name of the current folder.
>>
>> I thought that maybe GetLine() reads the line where the PC cursor is, and
>> not the Jaws cursor, but I read that this function uses the active
>> cursor,
>> and the active cursor after JawsToPC is the Jaws cursor.
>> I even added another line that explicitly turns on the Jaws cursor, but
>> it
>> worked the same.
>>
>> You've also seen that I added a line with {Escape} that closes the
>> properties window. I even commented that line to not close the properties
>> window, but still the folder name was spoken.
>>
>> Do you have any idea what is missing? Should I add another function that
>> specifies somehow that the active window is the properties dialog or
>> something like that?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --Octavian
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