Hi:
I heven't upgraded to the latest jaws2020 build yet and so haven't tested the
script manager out, however, note the snowman at snowmanradio.com has script
manager scripts that he has made work with jaws2020. Check it out. they sound
pretty cool.
Have a good day.
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Behalf Of Csaba Árpádházy-Godo
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 1:07 AM
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Subject: [jawsscripts] Script manager updated to use Scintilla and not work.
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Hi, scripters!
Yesterday, JAWS was updated to the2020.1912.11.400 version. I wanted to work
with Script Manager this morning, but I was shocked to see that it was
completely redone by Freedom. The standard Richedit20W text editor control has
been replaced by the scrumptious Scintilla, so my script written for Script
Manager does not work at all since Scintilla is not compatible with RichEDIT
controls. (Probably the developer wants to create a .NET-like user interface
where the scripts, function codes can be collapsed into the declaration line to
make navigating a very long script file easier. Apparently, they want to
implement the same color coding that is already included in most code editors
made for sighted, but with which we can do nothing.) The real astonishment came
when I found out that the functions of the Script menu were not working except
jumping declarations (F2), searching and new jup to declaration (F12). Other
commands are unavailable. so the new script, the script documentation,
deleting scripts, etc. were not working.
(What I did understand, because these commands worked with RichEdit control,
which is incompatible with scintilla. RichEdit uses to manage text documents
the well developed TextDocument Object Modell (TOM), which is an easy to
understand object oriented interface. In contrast, Scintilla is a monolitic,
non-object oriented control having own primitive messaging system to handle
text documents.
Unless Freedom creates an object-oriented interface, it will only be able to be
scripted in a very primitive way.
The RichEdit control's object interface of the old Script Manager could be
accessed with the GetRichEditDocument () command, and it made possible to write
scripts which could modify the text content of the window directly and not with
keystroke imitations (TypeKey & TypeString functions), wich is much faster than
using these primitive script keyboard emulation commands.
What are your experiences?
Also, can you tell me where to report bugs directly to Freedom, because the
local (Hungarian) reseller is not concerned with reporting bugs. So I'd need a
direct email address to Freedom.
Thanks in advance,
Cheers,
Czaba
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