Re: External References to Form Elements & Menu Shortcuts

it seems that dcocrform is a instance of a class
the tcfilename is a property pointing to a textbox control, and text is the 
text of that textboxcontrol.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: RicksPlace 
  To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 3:22 AM
  Subject: Re: External References to Form Elements & Menu Shortcuts


  Hi: I don't get this file path. When I do code blocks I create them inside 
classes which I usually add to a project folder. Is this a file path or the 
name of something?
  dcQuickOCRForm.tcFilename.Text.
  You mentioned you have to put the above in a control, what type of control 
and are you binding to that control or what property of the control is the 
above path located in? 
  Just curious since I did not understand that part of the 
  message.
  Rick USA
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Donald Marang 
    To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 9:15 AM
    Subject: External References to Form Elements & Menu Shortcuts


    Thanks everybody for the many tips!  My program has come a long way due to 
your help.  

    For now I think I will just distribute the executable, a Desktop Shortcut 
Icon, and some documentation files in a zip file.  The user would need to place 
the files at, "C:\QuickOCR" folder and copy the Desktop Shortcut Icon to the 
Desktop.  If they want to install elsewhere, they would need to change the path 
in the Desktop Shortcut Icon.  

    I have two small areas where I still have some questions.  

    I split out most of the large chunks of code, like the OCR processing, into 
subroutines in modules stored in separate files.  This works well, makes it 
easier to update, and would make it simple to add functionality in the future.  
One such addition would be adding other OCR Engines.  However, since it is not 
within the main form object code, I have had to supply the entire object 
heirachy in the references to controls, such as dcQuickOCRForm.tcFilename.Text. 
 I looked at the Imports, Namespace, and With Visual Basic commands.  I started 
playing around a little with these, but decided to first make the subroutines 
work.  Could someone enlighten me to which command would be appropriate, or 
what modifier on the main form object should be changed in this situation? 

    The other thing that started confuddling me at 2 AM last night was that 
JAWS refuses to announce the shortcuts in the menus.  I added the code to the 
File and Actions menus yesterday.  That was another reason I wanted most of the 
code, like "Perform OCR" as subroutines.  There are visible shortcuts in the 
menus and they work if you know the shortcut key combinations, like Control + O 
for Open image.  I have set the shortcut properties; 
ShortcutDisplayText="Ctrl+O", ShortcutKeys="Ctrl+O", and ShowShortcutKeys=True, 
of the menu items in the property tables for the menu items.  I have tried both 
"Ctrl+O" (contracted spelling) and "Control+O" (all characters) in the 
ShortcutDisplayText property.  Things are displayed on the screen as expected 
and function properly, but JAWS refuses to announce the shortcuts.  JAWS is 
announceing menu shortcuts in all other applications, including Visual Studio 
Express.  What do I need to do to force JAWS to recognize and announce the 
shortcuts?  

    Don Marang

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