[jawsscripts] Re: Scripts don't work

Ok Jeff, this is good because I now have corroborating evidence. Do I have a 
third? The more the better as it would make for a better tech support 
message, and I don't want to send FS's tech support a notice if its only 
Jeff and I having this problem.

Matthew

---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 6:39 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripts don't work


> Wow! he's right! something very odd going on here worthy of someone's
> attention.
> I just did some banging away at this myself in  fsReader, and something 
> very
> odd is going on there with new keyboard assignments simply not activating
> properly, even though they're large as life in the jkm assigned to the 
> same
> Script! it's as if something global is being set in fsReader somehow that 
> is
> preventing these. it's something I confess I've never ever seen before.
>
> I'm working in jaws6.2 mainly, but I tested in jaws10 as well and seems to
> be same deal!
> if you add the keystroke
> f5, or control+alt+N
> to the open dialog script in FsReader jkm, it appears as an entry in
> keyboard manager, also appears in the actual jkm file in a text editor,
> moving it from [desktop] section, into [common] section does nothing to 
> help
> this.
> But, here's the super strange thing, turning on keyboard help and hitting
> the newly added keystroke, indeed speaks the open dialog script to which
> it's been assigned!
> so everything looks to me green and go for the newly added keystroke to
> work, but it certainly doesn't work here either!
>
> just actually changing the control+o entry, to f5 or f6, or to, say,
> control+alt+n, although it is accepted as a change in the keyboard 
> manager,
> and speaks it's function when under keyboard help, also fails to activate
> the actual OpenDialog script!
>
> it's indeed very strange!
> anyone care to comment on what could b going on there for matthew?
>
> I certainly have never seen such behaviour before and can only imagine
> something funky is going on in a global key Pass through situation
> somewhere, but it's beyond me I must freely admit.
> I've tried it with the PlayPause script as well, and same deal! although 
> it
> appears to take, and the entry really is in the fsReader.jkm under a text
> editor, and announces itself in help, it just doesn't fire when pressed!
> how very odd!
>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 1:19 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Scripts don't work
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just went into FS reader to add keystrokes to some scripts and the
>> keystrokes don't seem to be taking. Why?
>> I launched FS reader then hit insert F2 then hit enter on keyboard. I
> worked
>> my way over to change the "open file" entry and hit control A to add a
>> keystroke. I added F5 to open the files dialogue. I closed keyboard
> manager,
>> and I closed and reopened FS reader. My keyboard change did not take at
> all.
>> I unloaded and reloaded jaws and still no difference. Any help will be
>> appreciated as is no keyboard changes will take.
>>
>> Matthew
>>
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