[jawsscripts] Re: Sending a string of tedxt to Braille display with JAWS 9.0 and non-FS Braille displays

Hi Wayne,
I figured out that you can use BrailleAddString outside of 
BrailleBuildLine as long as you return true. In fact, it seems that 
BrailleBuildLine is no longer necessary.

Regards,
Vic

Victor Tsaran wrote:
> Hello Wayne,
> That's a very useful piece of information with regards to structured 
> mode as well as the braillebuildline tip. It is interesting though that 
> I had BrailleAddString working outside of Braille BuildLine before, I 
> just don't remember when it was last time I've seen this.
> But thanks anyway, I will give it a shot when I get back home later today.
> 
> Thanks,
> Victor
> 
> Huskins, Wayne wrote:
>> Victor, I am using jaws v9.0.2169  and I find that the brailleAddString
>> function  does in fact  work with jaws 9.=20
>>
>> You Have to use it however with in the BrailleBuildLine function as
>> follows:
>>
>> Include "hjconst.jsh"
>>
>> void Function BrailleBuildLine ()
>> var
>> string brlLine
>> ;code to create the braille line string e.g.=20
>> let brlLine =3D "text for braille display"
>>
>> BrailleAddString (brlLine, 0, 0, 0)
>> return true
>> EndFunction
>>
>> The BrailleBuildLine function is called 10 times per second and if the
>> function returns true, then the BrailleAddString function can be used.=20
>>
>> Also the braille display must be in structured mode for this to work.=20
>>
>> W
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Victor Tsaran
>> Sent: June 12, 2008 3:32 PM
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Sending a string of tedxt to Braille display with
>> JAWS 9.0 and non-FS Braille displays
>>
>> Hi all,
>> Well, I've been battling with this for several days now.
>> All I am trying to do is to send a braille string of text to the Braille
>> display inside a JAWS script.
>>     As some of you may know, BrailleString function hasn't been
>> working in JAWS for some time now. Also, tried to use the new way of
>> scripting with Braille, i.e. using BrailleAddString, however, this
>> doesn't seem to work with JAWS 9 any more.
>> O yeah, one more thing: I don't want to use BrailleMessage because it
>> puts the word msg on the Braille display which is not what I want.
>>
>> Any ideas would be much appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Vic
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