[jawsscripts] Re: pesky damn combo boxes, revisited

  • From: chad.foster@xxxxxxxxxx
  • To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:41:20 -0400

Have you tried using MSAA to move to the parent object's child that
corresponds with your DLG selection? It would consist of obtaining the
parent object of the combo box items, then selecting the child that
corresponds with your DLG indexed selection.


-Chad


On 4/29/08, Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ok, yall, as I think I explained in a previous post, I've got a combo
> box which, when the arrow keys are pressed, not only give the item
> focus but select it as well. The problem here is that, when one
> presses a key, if the synth is not working or whatever, u get a dialog
> box to that effect & then u gotta go back to the combo & select
> something else. Real pita. So I tried collecting the objects contained
> in the combo box into a list with dlgSelectItemInList. Works fine
> until the item is selected, e.g., I'm havin trouble matching the item
> selected in the list to the item selected in the combo box. I was
> playin around w/a whole lot of stuff--SetCurrentItem, (works
> intermittently but does not select), send message (doesn't seem to
> work at all though perhaps I'm doing that wrong), click object by name
> (says it works but doesn't), just trying to click it (object can't be
> found).
>
> Any1 got any brilliant ideas? Appreciate anything any1 has to offer.
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