[jawsscripts] Re: Difficulty scripting McTwit
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:19:54 -0400 (EDT)
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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