[program-l] Re: JAWS: How Can I Retrieve the MSAA Info Available from Home Row Plus F9 Using a Script?
- From: Doug Lee <dgl@xxxxxxxx>
- To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:49:19 -0400
I think the question was already answered, but just for completeness:
You may get a Ding if calling getCurrentObject(0) because the
parameter to getCurrentObject is by-reference. A better plan is
getCurrentObject(childID), where childID is an integer variable.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 12:10:31PM -0400, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
You might try positioning a cursor on the object of interest and then
calling
Let o = GetCurrentObject(0)
You should then be able to query various properties of the MSAA parent
object just created, e.g., o.AccChildCount to get the number of child
elements and o.AccName(7) to get the name of the seventh one.
Jamal
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Subject: [program-l] JAWS: How Can I Retrieve the MSAA Info Available
from Home Row Plus F9 Using a Script?
Hi all,
I'm using JAWS 6.2. I have an application I use a fair amount. It's
sort
of a not-very-sophisticated integrated development system, and the
information about your programming project is displayed in a treeview
control. Using JAWS's default scripts, if I cursor up and down the
tree, I
find that information is truncated if the line of text is too long to
show
in the control. However, if I hit JAWSKey+SpaceBar and turn on "home
row"
mode, I find that the "Name" value I can get from MSAA is exactly what I
want, the full text of the line despite only part of it showing on
screen.
Put another way, if I go into home row mode, hit the F10 key to cycle to
"Name", and then press F9, JAWS reports out the full text from the
current
treeview item. Now, I'd like to modify the script that reads stuff from
tree views so that it reads the current line via the MSAA instead of
just
picking up what's on the screen. The obvious answer is to grab the code
that the "Home Row" scripts use, and build a slightly customized
SayTreeviewLevel script that gets the line via MSAA. The trouble seems
to
be that the script to read that MSAA info is included in a binary file
that
JAWS is "use-ing". So, does anybody know how I might get that name that
the home row scripts are reporting out? I'm not asking for anybody to
disclose trade secrets. I just thought maybe I was missing a clue to
how
to get that value. It would really be convenient if I could hear whole
lines in that tree view. I think the text expands visually if you hover
your mouse over the lines, so sighted users can read the full text
without
trouble.
Thanks,
Jerry
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