[jawsscripts] Re: Scripts don't work

I tried to assign       numpad to the pause/play script and got the 
same behavior you describe.

David Maynard

Franklin NC

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At Sunday 11/16/2008, you wrote:
>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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