[jawsscripts] Re: speeking message at start

Haden,

To make a message speak when an application gains focus seems to be what
you've done.  AutoStartEvent gets called whenever you enter the application,
regardless of how often that is.

You can use a global variable to keep track of whether or not the message
has been spoken - global variables only get reset when JAWS is restarted.

An example:
;--code begins
Globals
Int iAppFirstTime

Void function autoStartEvent()
If (iAppFirstTime == 0) then
        ;we haven't spoken our message yet
        Say("text... Etc...",ot_ap_start)
        Let iAppFirstTime = 1
endIf
EndFunction
;--code ends.

I haven't tested this in a compiler and am writing in Ms Word so apologies
if there are any errors.  The say function should obviously be customized to
your usage.

On the matter of speaking when a window gains focus, there are several ways
depending on what you want to do.  The simplest is to try creating a custom
prompt for the control (ctrl+insert+tab on the appropriate area) and enter
the text you want spoken.

There are a number of events like focusChanged, WindowCreated and
dialogPageChanged that may be called, depending upon where focus goes in
your application.

Sean.
-----Original Message-----
From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Haden Pike
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:27 PM
To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: speeking message at start

Hi Jitendra. I can't get the message to only speak when the program starts. 
I used the SayFormattedMessage function with the out-put type as 
OT_APP_start. Do I need to use a differend output type.
Also, about my second question, what I mean is that I want jaws to speak a 
message after it speaks the name of the window when move to it.
Thanks.


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