Bob, Thanks for that. I'll be back at the job site on Monday and test it then. 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 > > > > > > __________� > > View the list's information and change your > settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > > __________� > > View the > list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > > __________� > > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > __________� > > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > __________� View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts __________� View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts