[jawsscripts] Re: Saying Non-Highlighted Text
- From: Steve Matzura <number6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:29:33 -0400
Oh, it is most definitely a dialog.
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:02:49 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Steve,
>I have a question about this. In this application, does JAWS actually tell you
>that the window that contains the other stuff is a dialog, or is it a window
>that acts like a dialog in that it's a window that has other controls in it?
>If that is the case, you could try a trick I use on a program or two. You
>could use home row mode to grab the class of the window. Then you could use
>the new text event function to make your program talk the dialogs. First, I
>would reclass the window as a dialog because that would make JAWS tell me that
>I'm in a dialog. Here is some sample code.
>
>Void Function NewTextEvent (handle hwnd, string buffer, int nAttributes,
> int nTextColor, int nBackgroundColor, int nEcho, string sFrameName)
>
>var
> string sClass,
> handle hFocus
>
>let sClass = GetWindowClass(hwnd)
>let hFocus = GetFocus()
>
>if hwnd != hFocus then
> if sClass == wcMessage then; a constant with my class in it
> Say (buffer, ot_no_disable)
> return
> endif
>endif
>
>' Now call the default version of this function so that it all works.
>
>NewTextEvent ( hwnd, buffer, nAttributes,
> nTextColor, nBackgroundColor, nEcho, sFrameName)
>EndFunction
>
>
>Jim
>Jim Homme,
>Usability Services,
>Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme. NonVisualDevelopment.org: Blind people
>can drive computers. Demonstration GUI Programs: You can program GUI's while
>blind.
>
>
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>Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 9:25 AM
>To: jawsscripts
>Subject: [jawsscripts] Saying Non-Highlighted Text
>
>I have an application that displays everything in nice standard
>dialogs, but the static (explanatory) text in those dialogs is not
>highlighted in any way--it's actually color black on gray-75--but I'd
>like to have that text spoken for each of the several dialogs in the
>program. My question is, do I get the window handle of the portion of
>the window containing this text and feed it to SayNonHighlightedText,
>or is there a different, better way?
>
>Thanks in advance.
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