[jawsscripts] Re: Help with a Problem Please
- From: "Willi Lutzenberger" <willutz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 23:16:58 +0200
Hi Steve,
What kind of Window Class has the handle that you get with GetPriorWindow()?
And, can you retrive the information of that window with other functions than
SayWindowTypeAndText(), functions like e.g. GetWindowText() or GetWindowName()?
If this is the case it may be possible to solve this only by config changes,
without any scripting
at all.
Best, Willi
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> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 2:00 PM
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> Subject: [jawsscripts] Help with a Problem Please
>
> I have an application which is essentially a data entry form with lots
> of various controls--combo boxes, checkboxes, raw text edit fields,
> you know the drill--but because of the physical placement on-screen,
> JAWS never speaks the field name prompts, only the data entry areas.
> So I wrote this function, keyed on the TAB key, which I will include
> at the end of this message. I learned, through the use of the Home
> Row Utility, that the window just to the left of the currently focused
> window (where the cursor is, ready for input) contains the field name.
> It shows up and displays 100 per cent consistently when I set the HRU
> F3 function to Type and Text. I can find a field, go into Home Row
> mode, back-bat once, and hear the field name. Hence the code below.
> However, in real life what happens is that it works for the first
> control only, then stops working for the rest of the fields on the
> screen. Oddly enough, when using back-TAB, it only works on the last
> item in sequence, which is, once again, the first field on the screen.
> Frankly, I'm surprised it has any affect at all, since the script is
> not designed to trap the back-TAB key at all.
>
> Any suggestions gratefully accepted.
>
> Oh by the way, there's a lovely area on-screen that, for every field
> on which you focus for data entry, displays a long help text as to
> what that field is, the kind of data you should be typing into it,
> etc. Problem is, it doesn't show up anywhere (that I can find) in the
> hierarchy of windows, it acts like an HTML window in Internet
> Explorer, and once focused on it, pressing TAB will set you back to
> the beginning of the data entry screen, first field. I'm still
> puzzling this one out, but anyway, here's the function for reading the
> field name.
>
> Script ReadFieldName ()
>
> var
> handle hwnd
>
> {TAB} ; Pass the TAB key through to the app.
>
> let hwnd = GetCurrentWindow () ; where the focus is.
>
> if GetWindowType (hwnd) != WT_TREEVIEW then
>
> ; Don't perform this function on the tree view.
> ; The tree view acts like a multipage dialog box and speaks well ;
> without scripted assistance.
>
> let hwnd = GetPriorWindow (hwnd)
> ; Move left one window to where the field name is.
> SayWindowTypeAndText (hwnd) ; Speak it.
> EndIf
>
> EndScript
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