Re: application name in Jaws

  • From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:07:33 +0200

Well, not exactly.
There are no scripts for Notepad, but pressing Insert+Q in Notepad, Jaws tell us that the application currently beeing used is notepad.exe.
In default.jss I've seen that this is the script that reads the name of the program: 

Script ScriptFileName()

ScriptAndAppNames(cmsg238_L) ;"default"

EndScript
Well, I don't know what does the internal function ScriptAndAppNames and where it gets the name of the application from. 

That should be the name which is used for matching the Jaws script name.



Octavian
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 6:30 PM
Subject: RE: application name in Jaws
Jaws can only get the name with insert q if someone has added the script to 
do it.  For example the script to do this for the borland scritps is

Script ScriptFileName ()

 ScriptAndAppNames(cmsgBuilder1_L) ;"Borland"

EndScript

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian Rasnita 
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 7:55 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: application name in Jaws

Hi,
Does anyone know how Jaws gets the name of the currently running application 
(when pressing Insert+Q for example).

I want to know this, because I've seen that in some applications it gets a
wrong name. For example if I start a certain program with a hotkey while I
use Winamp, after that application starts, if I press Insert+Q, Jaws tells
that Winamp is running.

If I switch to Windows Explorer than I switch to that application, and I
press again Insert+Q, Jaws tells that Windows Explorer is running, not that 
app.
So I want to know what must a program do in order to allow Jaws to recognize 
its name correctly.

Thanks.

Octavian

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