[jawsscripts] Re: Bottom Edge Question
- From: "Dennis Brown" <DennisTBrown@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:31:42 -0500
Bottom Edge QuestionOne note on Bottom and TopEdgeEvents. In 7.1, an internal
delay was introduced to ensure the edge had actually been reached before the
event fired, so you may have a delay before that last line gets processed with
whatever code is placed in the event itself.
You can tell what I mean by arrowing up on the Desktop and notice the delay in
the boundary strike noise when you reach a boundary.
Thanks,
Dennis Brown
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Magill
To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 7:42 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Bottom Edge Question
Hi Mike,
The functions you mentioned, are fired by Jaws itself, if a cursor actually
strikes the bottom edge of a window, that is, the actual boundary of the window.
If the invisibleCursor is actually hitting the bottom edge of your mainframe
window, then the below may help. If however, it has just run onto blank space
below the last item in the list, then see further down.
Try including a copy of BottomEdgeEvent in your script set something like
this:
Void Function BottomEdgeEvent (handle WinHandle)
IF IsInvisibleCursor () && (GetFocus () == WinHandle) THEN
; say or do what you want
ELSE; not caused by your script
BottomEdgeEvent (WinHandle) ; calls the one in the default file for normal
behaviour
ENDIF
EndFunction
1. The IF statement may need more refinement, if it treats strikes on the
bottom edge that are from situations other than those caused by your script, as
if they were caused by your script.
2. no changes are required to your script.
If caused by running out of items in the column, rather than hitting the
bottom edge, then see additions to your script in your post below.
----- Original Message -----
From: Trent, Mike
I have a very simple script to read the word directly under the PC cursor
and then move to that word. This is for Rumba. I m using it to read columns of
text on the mainframe. It works fine except when I get to the bottom of the
page, then it just says blank. What I'd like to do is know how to recognize the
bottom edge and do or say something other than 'blank'.
The script is as I said very simple.
; see below the script for comments
Script SayWordOnNextLine ()
SaveCursor ()
InvisibleCursor ()
RouteInvisibleToPc ()
NextLine ()
IF (GetCursorRow () < 999) THEN
SayWord ()
ELSE ; further down the page
; say or do what you want
ENDIF
RoutePcToInvisible ()
EndScript
; replace the 999, with the cursor's row position of the first row below
the last item in the list.
this can be obtained by placing the cursor on the first blank line/item
position, and pressing Alt+delete on the numpad. the second number is the row.
A comment:
On the mainframe I use, the PCCursor can be moved vertically just by using
the arrow keys, so there is no need for using the invisible cursor. see the
below script to read down a list of items.
It presumes that the PCCursor is already active, and is not intended to
notify of reaching the bottom.
Script ColumnDown ()
; Allows reading down a column of items
NextLine ()
SayWord ()
EndScript
Regards,
Paul from Aust
Other related posts:
