[jawsscripts] Re: JAWS Script Detecting for windows XP
- From: "Jim Bauer" <holdsworthfan@xxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <scripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:30:46 -0500
XP boots using the 3 files "ntldr", "ntdetect.com", and "boot.ini", all found in
the root of the OS install drive (c:, d:, etc). These won't be present on a 7
machine unless specifically created by the user.
You could loop through these file names, checking each one for existence using
the JAWS FileExists() built-in. Something like:
Let osRoot = stringLeft(stringContains(getWindowsSystemDirectory(), ":\\")+1)
If !fileExists(osRoot+"<Specific_file_here>") then
Return
endIf
...
endWhile
As I said, you can subvert this, but I think any additional validity checks
would be overkill here.
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:42:51, John Martyn wrote:
>
> Hi,
> As trying not to exclude JAWS 10 from my scripts, I have a pickle. JAWS 10
> doesn't recognize isWindows7 function. But it also doesn't have isWindowsXP
> available.
>
> I was doing a line such as:
>
> If isWindows7 || isWinVista then
>
> Do something
>
> Else
>
> ;assuming XP and lower
>
> Endif
>
> As an attempt to keep JAWS 10 compatible, I was thinking I could get the
> user setting directory and detect for App Data instead of Application Data,
> but I don't know how this would affect different languages of operating
> systems and probably not a good idea.
>
> The function GetWindowsOS returns 3 on windows 7 and XP so that doesn't do
> me any good.
>
> Is there some way I can detect for windows XP?
>
> If not, I'll have to abandon JAWS 10.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> John Martyn
>
>
>
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