[jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
- From: "Bryan Garaventa" <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:17:08 -0700
I'm not sure, I'd like to know the answer to that one as well. Anyone here
know the answer?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:00 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
> Why would JAWS automatically uncheck this script set in the Manage
> Application Settings list?
>
> I have tried ConfigNames.ini, without success.
>
> Jamal
> On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Bryan
> Garaventa wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:58:03 -0700
>> From: Bryan Garaventa <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
>>
>> This is likely the issue then, since the scripts won't work properly when
>> this is not checked.
>>
>> You might be able to use the ConfigNames.ini file to make the script
>> resolution a bit more reliable.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brian Hartgen" <jaws@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 10:08 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
>>
>>
>> > If I check the option, press Enter, then go back in to verify, it's
>> > unchecked.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bryan Garaventa
>> > Sent: Monday, 15 June 2009 6:09 PM
>> > To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
>> >
>> > Does toggling the checkbox for the scripts in
>> > JAWS > Options > Manage Application Settings
>> > do anything useful? I had a similar problem with my NetLimiter scripts
>> > until
>> >
>> > I tried this. A long shot perhaps...
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:19 AM
>> > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
>> >
>> >
>> >>I have tried that as well, without success. Good suggestion though.
>> >>
>> >> Jamal
>> >> On Mon, 15 Jun 2009,
>> >> Bryan Garaventa wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:11:18 -0700
>> >>> From: Bryan Garaventa <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
>> >>>
>> >>> You've likely already tried this, but does the old method for passing
>> >>> keys
>> >>> through work? For instance
>> >>> {alt+t}
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> To: <JAWSScripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 8:15 AM
>> >>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Difficulty scripting McTwit
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> > As you may know, I develop a Twitter client called McTwit, whose
>> >>> > installer
>> >>> > is available at
>> >>> > http://EmpowermentZone.com/mtsetup.exe
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Although I try to make the application as keyboard and screen
>> >>> > reader-friendly as possible, sometimes there are ways that it may
>> >>> > be
>> >>> > enhanced in ways that are not presently practical through my coding
>> >>> > alone.
>> >>> > I wish to promote collaboration in this and other open source
>> >>> > projects,
>> >
>> >>> > so
>> >>> > will work with anyone wanting to make a contribution that offers
>> >>> > additional features.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I'm writing now in the hope that someone on this list may be able
>> >>> > to
>> >>> > resolve why JAWS does not recognize scripted keys for McTwit.
>> >>> > Brian
>> >>> > Hartgen and others on Twitter have suggested alternative hotkeys
>> >>> > for
>> >>> > McTwit that work like an email interface. At present, I am
>> >>> > implementing
>> >>> > hotkeys only by means of the Windows dialog engine, which
>> >>> > automatically
>> >>> > provides hotkeys of an Alt+Letter nature when the & character is
>> >>> > used
>> >>> > in
>> >>> > the label of a button. With some email-like alternatives, one
>> >>> > could
>> >>> > also
>> >>> > do, say, Control+N for a new tweet (rather than Alt+T), Control+R
>> >>> > for
>> >>> > a
>> >>> > direct reply, and Control+Shift+R for a public reply (like
>> >>> > "replying
>> >>> > to
>> >>> > all").
>> >>> >
>> >>> > To our surprise, Brian Hartgen and I have not been able to
>> >>> > implement
>> >>> > this
>> >>> > with normal JAWS scripting techniques, e.g.,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Script NewTweet()
>> >>> > TypeKey("Alt+T")
>> >>> > EndScript
>> >>> >
>> >>> > where the .jkm file contains
>> >>> > Control+N=NewTweet
>> >>> >
>> >>> > This is why Brian has been trying to use the key pressed event,
>> >>> > with
>> >>> > unsatisfactory results so far.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I asked Jeff Bishop if he could implement similar functionality
>> >>> > with
>> >>> > Window-Eyes scripting, and he has done so in a script package
>> >>> > available
>> >
>> >>> > at
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> > http://www.gwmicro.com/Script_Central/Scripts/Script_Details/?scriptid=1244
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Can anyone help us get this working with JAWS? Although the main
>> >>> > executable is McTwit.exe, Insert+Q reports that a GUI-related DLL
>> >>> > is
>> >>> > active when McTwit is the active window. Still, JAWS should be
>> >>> > able
>> >>> > to
>> >>> > script such an application, as it does for others with DLLs that
>> >>> > assist
>> >>> > the primary executable. I don't know if this might be a problem,
>> >>> > but
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > DLL has a Python related suffix, rather than the traditional .dll.
>> >>> > The
>> >>> > AutoStart event does trigger whenever McTwit is the active window,
>> >>> > but
>> >>> > scripts are not recognized.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Suggestions, anyone?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Jamal
>> >>> >
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