Re: combo boxes won't read in jaws 5.0.844 with windows 98 SE
- From: "Jim" <jazzpiano@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 08:05:51 -0700
thanks David, will do just that.
Jim
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From: "david the wild-thing" <d.h.whitehead@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: combo boxes won't read in jaws 5.0.844 with windows 98 SE
> Cannot Read Combo Boxes with JFW 5.0844
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> This applies specifically to Win 98, but I
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> suspect it might help people with Win ME as well.
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> If you are using a Windows 9x operating system, JAWS cannot read the
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> of combo boxes in Internet Explorer. If you enter forms mode on a combo
box,
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> JAWS does not read any text when you navigate and your Braille display
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> shows the item position and count. For example, you see, "1 of 3," instead
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> of "Sample Item 1 of 3."
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> Solution:
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> To read combo boxes with Windows 9x operating systems, you must edit the
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> of the configuration (.jcf) file for Internet Explorer. This can be done
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> any text editor, such as Notepad, but should never be done using a word
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> processing program like Word because the format of the configuration file
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> It is recommended that you create a backup of any configuration file that
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> NOTE: These steps assume that you have installed JAWS in the default
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> C:\JAWS50.
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> 1. Press WINDOWS Key+R.
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> 2. Type "notepad \JAWS50\Settings\ENU\Internet Explorer 5-6.jcf" and press
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> ENTER to open the file Internet Explorer 5-6.jcf in Notepad.
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> 3. Press ALT+E then F; type "OSM" and press ENTER.
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> 4. Press ESC to close the Find dialog box. Press END and then press ENTER
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> create a blank line under the [OSM] section heading.
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> 5. Type "IgnoreTransparentSpaces=1" exactly as shown.
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> 6. Press ALT+F then S, to save your changes. Press ALT+F4 to quit Notepad.
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> 7. Quit and then restart JAWS. When you start Internet Explorer, JAWS will
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> read combo boxes correctly.
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