[jawsscripts] Re: What Am I doing wrong on this script?
- From: "john.falter" <john.falter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:17:56 -0400
Now Jackie, be nice. Don't pick on men's patients.
We put up with the quirks of women.----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:03 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: What Am I doing wrong on this script?
> Mark, this is in no way trying to be either nasty or discouraging, but
> your code & your questions lead me to believe u really do not have a
> good understanding of scripting basics. Unfortunately, if u intend to
> do any degree of scripting, such understanding really is essential.
> Scripters need to understand cursors, focus, data types, constants,
> variables, window handles--& a lot more. In addition, when the
> compiler calls ralph due to a syntax error, scripters need to know how
> to interpret what the compiler is saying & fix the mistake.
>
> I know it's tempting to just dive right in & start scripting. I really
> do urge, though, that u instead take the time to read the basics of
> scripting manual & work the exercises. Your program will be waiting
> when you're done, & u will have gained a significant understanding of
> Jaws scripting in the process. It'll be an investment of time that
> will return dividends in spades.
>
> I know--I know--patience is a virtue; find it where u can; usually
> found in women, hardly ever found in men. Please do be patient,
> though, & acquire the understandings u need. Then, when u start
> scripting for real, you'll have a foundation of rock on which to
> build, & not merely shifting sand. It's not what u wanted to hear, I
> know--but it is what u need to hear, Mark.
>
> I wish u every success in your scripting endeavors.
>
> On 3/11/12, Geoff Chapman <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> you'd of course have had to define test in the partial code below, as a
>> string variable, before you could do any conditional logic checking like
>> that,
>> which Mark might not be aware of yet John?
>>
>>
>> are you familiar Mark with what variables are? their different types, and
>> how they can be, "stuffed," with actual content etc?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "john.falter" <john.falter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:28 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: What Am I doing wrong on this script?
>>
>>
>>> You should have quotes around the view certificate phrase.
>>> I suggest using stringContains for your test.
>>> The chunk may not be formatted exactly as "view certificate".
>>> I would write:
>>> let test = getChunk ()
>>> if stringContains (test == "view certificate" then
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "mark" <marktorgerson@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 6:28 PM
>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] What Am I doing wrong on this script?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>> One of the servers I receive mail from sets of a message whenever I
>>>> open my E-Mail program. I know the server is safe to use. So, I always
>>>> close
>>>> the message. It seems to me that I should be able to create a script
>>>> that
>>>> runs automatically and closes the message for me. However, the
>>>> following
>>>> script I wrote refuses to compile. What am I doing wrong?
>>>> If GetChunk () == View Certificate... then
>>>> {alt+y}
>>>> EndIf
>>>> Any thoughts are appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> God bless,
>>>> Mark Torgerson
>>>> God Loves you!
>>>> You can visit my website at:
>>>> <http://christiantraditions.info> http://christiantraditions.info
>>>> Please visit my blog at:
>>>> <http://christian-traditions.blogspot.com>
>>>> http://christian-traditions.blogspot.com
>>>>
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> might even be the culprit
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