Re: VB Script Editor or JScript EditorScript Editor for Windoweyes Development
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:12:30 -0500 (EST)
Hi Rick,
There is a section of the Window-Eyes scripting manual on
choosing an editor. It's short enough that I'm pasting it below. I would
recommend VBScript over JScript because you can easily copy and paste
snippets from existing scripts, which are overwhelmingly in VBScript.
There is no integrated development environment for Window-Eyes. I think
some edotors in the list below have support for VBScript, perhaps even
IntelliSense with a reference to a COM server configured such as
"Window-Eyes.Application." I don't know how speech friendly such features
are, however. Personally, I do almost all my programming in
EdSharp, including Window-Eyes (and JAWS) scripting. EdSharp lets you
define and use code snippets conveniently, but it does not have
IntelliSense.
Hope this helps,
Jamal
Choosing an Editor
Choosing the right editor for writing scripts can make or break good
script
development. If you don't already have a favorite text editor, you'll want
to
pick one that has all of the features you need to develop comfortably and
accurately. Which features those are, however, will be solely up to you.
One
script author may prefer support for code collapsing, while another
prefers
code auto-completion, while yet another prefers nothing more than what
Notepad
has to offer.
Because Window-Eyes scripting doesn't require any feature from any
specific
editor, you get to decide which editor to use. That being said, your text
editor should be able to save standard, plain text files. In addition,
being
able to save a file to Unicode instead of ANSI will result in your scripts
loading quicker (because Window-Eyes is fully Unicode compliant). If the
file
is ANSI instead of Unicode, Window-Eyes will have to convert the file
format
before loading the script. While this conversion happens automatically
behind
the scenes, it is unnecessary overhead if you can save your scripts to
Unicode
from the start.
Here are a few popular editors in no particular order:
SuperEdi
Notepad++
VBS Edit
Edit Plus 2
Zeus
EmEditor
UltraEdit
Textpad
Notetab Pro
EdSharp
On Fri,
13 Feb 2009, Ricks Place wrote:
> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:49:49 -0500
> From: Ricks Place <OFBGMail@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: VB Script Editor or JScript EditorScript Editor for Windoweyes
> Development
>
> Hi All:
> Jamal and some others have been working on some scripting for Windoweyes. I
> just downloaded v 7.01 and am looking for a good script editor. I am not sure
> if I will work in VB Script or JScript, likely VB Script.
> Any suggestions and comments about everything from syntax checking to
> debugging and beyond? Is there one like Visual Studio that has built-in
> objects like TextBoxes, various List Controls and TreeViews etc?
> I would work in VWD or Visual Studio, but I have not read anything much good
> so far about their scripting editor environment.
> I will be new to scripting.
> I will be trying to script VWD and Sql Management Studio among other VS
> products.
> I read something about saving the files in unicode.
> I need some pointers and keywords to start my reading and research.
> A editor with msaa and uia validation and help would be nice.
> Rick USA
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