[jawsscripts] Re: Script for getting color at mouse pointer location?
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:51:41 -0700
Saylien, u likely need to get the fsdn file from freedomscientific. It
contains all the builtin functions. It's called fsdn.chm.
On 2/2/12, Saylien Brown <saybro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Maybe I'm approaching this problem the wrong way.
>
> It's obvious the function found in the Frame
> Create dialog box (Get Color At Mouse Location" does exactly what I want.
>
> Does anyone know where I can find the code for
> this built in function? Which JAWS file? I could
> simply copy the code to my application .JSS file and attach a hotkey to it.
>
> At 07:01 PM 1/31/2012, you wrote:
>>That integer is simply the RGB color values packed into a long. You can
>> write
>>your own RGBStringToColor() function with something like:
>>
>>int function RGBStringToColor(string rgb)
>>var int red, int green, int blue
>>let red = stringToInt(stringLeft(rgb, 3))
>>let green = stringToInt(subString(rgb, 4, 3))
>>let blue = stringToInt(stringRight(rgb, 3))
>>return makeLong((green << 8) + red, blue)
>>endFunction
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>On Behalf Of John Martyn
>>Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 9:30 PM
>>To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Script for getting color at mouse pointer
>> location?
>>
>>I just always used GetColorAtPoint. Why the RGB?I use it in RhapsodyBlind.
>>Does that integer value ever change its internal meaning?
>>I do know that Get color at point becomes very unreliable once you start to
>>include background and foreground colors at least in iTunes where the
>> column
>>headers were concerned.
>>John
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Snowbarger
>>Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 6:19 PM
>>To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Script for getting color at mouse pointer
>>location?
>>
>>ooh, good point. forgot about that.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Doug Lee" <doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 11:33 AM
>>Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Script for getting color at mouse pointer
>>location?
>>
>>
>>You want foreground and background color. You get those with
>>getColorText() and getColorBackground(). GetColorAtPoint() returns the
>> color
>>at a specific point, which could happen to be on either a foreground or
>>background part of a character, or not on a character at all.
>>
>>Those three functions return integers. To get the nine-digit decimal code,
>>call colorToRGBString on each of the getColorBackground and GetColorText
>>results.
>>
>>On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:57:04AM -0500, Saylien Brown wrote:
>>Jackie, the function GetColorAtPoint retrieves the RGB code, I want the 6
>>digit color code. Also can you give an example script for me to model my
>>script after? Thanks.
>>
>>At 11:33 AM 1/29/2012, you wrote:
>> >The function u want is GetColorAtPoint(int x, int y) where x & y are
>> >the row & column coordinates. GetCursorCol() & GetCursorRow() can be
>> >used to obtain the current coordinates.
>> >
>> >On 1/29/12, Saylien Brown <saybro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > > I'm using the latest build of JAWS 13 under Windows 7 Home Edition.
>> > >
>> > > Really hoping someone has created a simple script for getting the
>> > > Background and foreground color at the mouse pointer location. I
>> > > want it to grab the RGB number(#000000) , not the name (Black.) It
>> > > would copy this info to the clipboard, so all I need do is open
>> > > notepad and paste the results there to know what the colors are. I'm
>> > > going to attach this script to a shortcut key, so I can have quick
>> > > access to it whenever I need this info.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for any help.
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