Re: HappyScript: ScanSelectedMessage for OE
- From: Keith Gillard <kgillard@xxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:59:58 -0600
With respect to your #2point:
If the preview pane is open, that does not mean that malicious attachments
are not open by default does it?
I mean, if users are worried about HTML trogons, worms etc they will still
be launched if one opens the message from the main window right?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Daou" <adam.daou@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: HappyScript: ScanSelectedMessage for OE
> Hi Bryan,
> Excellent work! I've tried your happy script in Outlook Express 6 and XP
> Home and it worked fine. This is going to make email browsing a lot easier
> for Jaws users. Like you said, arrow down to select a message, and hit the
> assigned hotkey to read the visible lines in the Preview Pane. Bye bye the
> many keystrokes! Naturally, it's better to have the message maximized.
> Now, there are a few remarks:
> 1 We need to find a way to increase the Preview Pane size using Windows
> and Jaws without sighted help. Not that easy!
> 2 Some users don't like to have their Preview Pane wide open because of
> unwanted or risky messages.
> 3 If I disable the Preview Pane, the script will still function but Jaws
> will keep reading another message, the same, over and over again even when
> I select other messages. Here, the control key will not stop Jaws from
> reading.
> 4 Once the hotkey set following control D, Jaws doesn't seem to allow the
> user to change it. I've selected apostrophe and there's no way to
> overwrite it. Really strange!
> Conclusion: This is a good script as long as the Preview Pane is active,
> and we need to find a way to play with its size.
> Wonderful work!
> Adam
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bryan Garaventa
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:10 PM
> Subject: HappyScript: ScanSelectedMessage for OE
>
>
> This is a JAWS script that should work on pretty much any version, and is
> made for Outlook Express 5 or 6.
>
> Someone once said to me, "A good programmer suffers from an inherent lazy
> streak"... Which I took to mean that they dislike performing the same
> action
> over and over again, when it would be much easier for the computer to
> simply
> do it for them!
>
> This may sound petty, but I really dislike having to hit Tab and
> shift+tab
> every time I
> want to browse the messages in my inbox. Wouldn't it be much better to
> simply hit a keystroke after highlighting the message you want to scan
> using
> the up/down keys, and have the window speak it's message crisply and
> immediately without moving the cursor? Well, I thought so, so I wrote
> this
> script to do it.
>
> It's very simple to install, Just do the following
> Copy all of the code at the bottom of this message to the clipboard
> If you are running Outlook Express, press Insert+0 to open the script
> manager
> Go to the end of the file, press enter a few times, and paste the code
> into
> the file
> Navigate towards the middle of the script using the up/down arrow keys,
> and
> press Control+D
> If "Can Be Attached To Key" is not checked, check it
> enter whatever hotkey you would like to use to scan your messages. (I use
> the ` (grave-accent) key myself)
> Press OK
> Press Control+S to compile the script, and close the file
> That should do it.
>
> Important note:
> This script isn't meant to read the entire message, only the visible text
> in
> the message window. Maximize Outlook Express to optimize the
> functionality.
>
> I hope people find this useful.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bryan Garaventa
> http://gutterstar.net/
>
> ;Beginning of script code
>
> Script ScanSelectedMessage ()
>
> ;Variables to hold the message text and window handle
>
> var string mWin,
>
> handle mHwnd
>
> ;If statement to verify the correct window
>
> if GetWindowSubtypeCode (GetFocus ()) ==
>
> wt_listview &&
>
> GetWindowClass (GetParent (GetFocus ())) ==
>
> "Outlook Express Message List" then
>
> ;Assign window handle
>
> let mHwnd =
>
> GetFirstChild (GetFirstChild (GetNextWindow (GetParent (GetFocus ()))))
>
> ;Assign window text
>
> let mWin =
>
> GetWindowText (mHwnd, false)
>
> ;Speak window text
>
> Say (mWin, 0)
>
> ;End process
>
> Return
>
> endif
>
> ;Continuation if conditions aren't met above
>
> SayCurrentScriptKeyLabel ()
>
> TypeCurrentScriptKey ()
>
> EndScript
>
> ;End of Script code
>
>
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