[jawsscripts] Re: Problem capturing text using DOM in IE 11
- From: Bob <temp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:24:25 +0000
John
I have never used createTextRange (), what are you trying to achieve?
May be able to assist?
Bob
On 16/12/2014 04:03, John Robichaud wrote:
> Jonathan
> I've been searching on the net and you have it right. Starting with IE 11
> MicroSoft has eliminated createTextRange() as a method for the Body object.
> Apparently they found that method presents a security vulnerability. That's
> a shame, it’s a very useful method. I haven't yet figured out alternatives.
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan C. Cohn
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 5:14 PM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Problem capturing text using DOM in IE 11
>
> I don’t know specifically, but IE11 is supposed to have replaced most of the
> IE specific methods with HTML5 / JS standard code. I have yet to appreciate
> how to obtain a set of methods, events and attributes that any specific
> application Classes are able to provide.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> On Dec 15, 2014, at 17:01, John Robichaud <John_Robichaud@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Bob,
>> I'm using your code successfully under IE 11.
>> Do you or anyone else have any idea why the method createTextRange()
>> does not seem to work under IE11. I've used it for years with the
>> HTML Body object. It provides a great way for selecting text on a page.
>> John
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
>> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 3:22 AM
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Problem capturing text using DOM in IE 11
>>
>> If the content your trying to access has id's assigned to the elements
>> then this can also be helpful:
>>
>> Script Test2 ()
>> Var
>> Object HTML, Object oElement,
>> String sText
>>
>> Let HTML = IEGetCurrentDocument () Let oElement =
>> HTML.getElementById("ID of html tag")
>> Let sText = oElement.innerText
>>
>> MessageBox (sText)
>>
>> EndScript
>>
>> This should just give the text included in a single html element with
>> the matching id.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Robichaud
>> Sent: 12 December 2014 18:00
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Problem capturing text using DOM in IE 11
>>
>> Bob,
>> Ignore my previous email. Your code does work in IE 9.
>> John
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
>> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 11:52 AM
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Problem capturing text using DOM in IE 11
>>
>> With Jaws 15
>> IE 11
>> This will pop the whole page text in a message box.
>>
>> Script Test ()
>> Var
>> Object HTML,
>> String sText
>>
>> Let HTML = IEGetCurrentDocument ()
>> Let sText = HTML.body.innerText
>>
>> MessageBox (sText)
>>
>> EndScript
>>
>> Does that help at all?
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On 12/12/2014 16:28, John Robichaud wrote:
>>> Bob & Scott,
>>> I've tried both of your suggestions without success. The situation is
>>> critical now as an individuals employment counts on resolving this.
>>> I've done some more experimenting and have discovered the following.
>>> When using Internet Explorer 8 under Windows 7 with either Jaws 13 or
>>> 15 the code I've reposted below successfully captures the text on a
>>> web page. For this test I've used Freedom Scientifics home page but
>>> the web page doesn't seem to be significant.
>>> With either IE 9 or IE 11 the code returns nothing. I've been unable
>>> to come up with any script code that can use the DOM to access text
>>> in IE 9 or IE 11. Can use of the DOM be broken in Jaws as regards
>>> newer versions of IE? If so, that's a very serious problem.
>>> I'm deperate at this point - if anyone can demonstrate Jaws code that
>>> successfully uses the DOM to access text in IE 9 or 11 please post it.
>>> My code that works in IE 8 follows:
>>>
>>> String Function WorkSpaceText ()
>>> var
>>> object doc,
>>> object win,
>>> string sBuffer
>>>
>>> Let doc = ieGetCurrentDocument ()
>>> Let win = ieGetUnrestrictedWindow(doc).document.body
>>> Let sBuffer = win.createTextRange().text
>>> return sBuffer
>>> EndFunction
>>>
>>> John Robichaud
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Huey
>>> (Redacted sender "smartinhuey@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 3:48 PM
>>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Problem capturing text using DOM in IE 11
>>>
>>> The one thing I can tell you about DOM manipulation techniques within
>>> JAWS scripts is that JAWS absolutely hates chaining the object
>>> methods more than one layer deep. In a number of instances, I've
>>> found that while the chain is conceptually sound, the function only
>>> works if I walked the individual calls into variables. Example from
>>> below, "oFrame.document.body.innerText" is a valid call in
>>> JavaScript, but in JAWS script you may find it only works if you do it
> like this:
>>> let oDOM = ieGetCurrentDocument ()
>>> let oFrame = oDOM.frames(2)
>>> let oObject = oFrame.document
>>> let oObject = oObject.body
>>> let sText = oObject.innerText
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------
>>> On Wed, 12/10/14, Bob <temp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Problem capturing text using DOM in IE 11
>>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 3:03 PM
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> I have no idea what the difference is but I have always used
>>> IeGetCurrentDocument when playing with the DOM.
>>> I would try something
>>> like the following:
>>>
>>> String
>>> Function GetFrameContents ()
>>> Var
>>> Object oDOM,
>>>
>>> Object oFrame,
>>> String sFrameText
>>>
>>> Let oDOM =
>>> ieGetCurrentDocuemnt ()
>>> Let oFrame =
>>> oDOM.frames(2)
>>>
>>> Let sFrameText =
>>> oFrame.document.body.innerText
>>>
>>> Return sFrameText
>>>
>>> EndFunction
>>>
>>> You may need to fiddle with the document.body.
>>> and the innerText to maybe
>>> innerHTML or
>>> outerText dependant on what sort of output you need.
>>> You also need to take into account the origin of the frame
>>> contents. To increase security modern browsers prevent scripts from
>>> running from a different domain. If the frame contents are from
>>> http://siteA.com and the main page is http://siteB.com you wont be
>>> able to access it.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> On Behalf Of John Robichaud
>>> Sent: 09
>>> December 2014 21:06
>>> To: JawScripts
>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Problem capturing text using DOM in IE 11
>>>
>>> I'm
>>> having a problem capturing text from an HTML frame using the DOM in
>>> IE 11. This is Windows 7 and Jaws 15.
>>> The following code works with IE8 and Jaws 13 but not with IE 11
>>> and Jaws
>>> 15:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> String Function WorkAreaText ()
>>>
>>> var
>>>
>>> object doc,
>>>
>>> object
>>> TopWindow,
>>>
>>>
>>> object win,
>>>
>>> object frames,
>>>
>>> string
>>> sBuffer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Let doc =
>>> ie4GetCurrentDocument ()
>>>
>>>
>>> Let topWindow = doc.parentWindow
>>>
>>> Let topWindow
>>> = topWindow.top
>>>
>>>
>>> Let frames = TopWindow.frames
>>>
>>> Let win =
>>> ieGetUnrestrictedWindow(frames(2)).document.body
>>>
>>> Let sBuffer =
>>> win.createTextRange().text
>>>
>>>
>>> return sBuffer ;the text in the frame
>>>
>>> EndFunction
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'd
>>> appreciate any suggestions.
>>>
>>> Also can anyone explain the difference between
>>> ie4GetCurrentDocument ()and
>>> ieGetCurrentDocument ().
>>>
>>> Although I've successfully used the
>>> function ieGetUnrestrictedWindow() many
>>> times in the manner shown above I've never
>>> seen a good explanation of it.
>>> Can anyone
>>> explain it?
>>>
>>> John
>>> Robichaud
>>>
>>>
>>>
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