The .exe extension isn't an issue here. What's at issue is after a script is added to jaws and jaws activates that script does jaws exhibit any malware behavior that jaws didn't exhibit before that script was installed and activated. -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Midence Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 12:49 To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: appsetup.exe Do scripts have to be installed as executibles? Can't they be installed as .jss and .jsb files? Perhaps, the .exe is just to extract them. I admit I'm a bit ocnfused by this thread. Alex M On 3/4/11, DaShiell, Jude T. CIV NAVAIR 1490, 1, 26 <jude.dashiell@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > You're U.S.D.A. and I'm D.O.D. and you're not under what used to be > called N.M.C.I. and what's now called C.O.S.C. If you have been > documenting the software and configuration changes you have been doing > on systems and that documentation has been seen and continues to be seen > by your supervisors and your supervisors have not yet told you to stop > doing your own upgrades then you're in no danger of loosing your job for > this activity. The admin types have higher powers than the developer > types too. With what was N.M.C.I. and now is C.O.S.C. there were three > classes of machines created. Top was admin where you key your user name > in with an .adm suffix; then there was developer where you used a .dev > suffix to access a developer account, then there was N.M.C.I. which had > no suffix on your user name. Everyone with a developer account also has > an N.M.C.I. account but not everybody with an N.M.C.I. account has a > developer account. The admins are off in their own world separate from > the normal users and are able to do more than developers. Hope this > helps, and I hope you never live long enough to come under N.M.C.I. > control. > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stanzel, > Susan - Kansas City, MO > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:35 > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: appsetup.exe > > I have a U.S.D.A. employee. I just installed Jim's scripts for Eclipse. > I have admin rights to update JAWS. Am I doing something wrong? Each > time JAWS has an update it must be tested in Beltsville, Maryland before > we are given permission to use it. Losing my job is not very high on > things that I want to do (grin). > > Susie Stanzel > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trouble > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 9:02 AM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: appsetup.exe > > I wouldn't hold my breath on FS doing that. > it took the government telling FS that they would drop sells if > remote was not in the software. Took them 6 months get that feature > right for use and that was after a new release. So that year was 2 > version releases. > When it comes down to a few people they move slow and when threatened > with lose of total income they do it now. > Just like the winamp scripts. Took them 3 versions before they put > them in script package for jaws. > > At 09:00 AM 3/4/2011, you wrote: >>Thanks, my employer bought jaws for windows which needs to be labeled >>more accurately as jaws for windows word processor's edition. The >>appsetup.exe and jsx jaws script exchange when added then turn jaws for >>windows into jaws for windows programmer's edition. This is critical >>because as of two days ago I was presented with a Hobson's choice. To >>understand it, you need to understand that even for >>programmers/developers with dev accounts that group of people is only >>allowed to have NMCI approved software on their systems. For software >>to get approved, it has to go through a blackbox testing procedure > which >>costs lots of dollars and will only be done if many people will be > using >>the software packages in question. These two jaws add-ons will be used >>by too few people to make the blackbox testing worthwhile so it won't >>get done and the software packages in this context will never get >>approved. When unapproved software is found on a user's computer, they >>loose that computer system and they also loose their job. That nearly >>happened to a lady who is working with us on the project I've been >>assigned and a Tier three technician installed the software on her >>machine. What will be done if D.O.D. requests it is freedomscientific >>will install the latest version of jaws script exchange and > appsetup.exe >>in its next version of jaws for windows for D.O.D. and that next > version >>of jaws for windows will go through testing and once approved be put on >>all machines needing speech screen reader services. All of this takes >>time which means I won't be doing any development on the current > project >>but may do development on future projects given packages become >>available and work as advertised. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Homme, > James >>Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 8:10 >>To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: RE: appsetup.exe >> >>Hi, >>If you get the JAWS Scripts Exchange, you will get some free scripting >>utilities in the zip folder of that package after you install. Check > the >>JAWS Scripting category on http://www.nonvisualdevelopment.org. >> >>Jim. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DaShiell, >>Jude T. CIV NAVAIR 1490, 1, 26 >>Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 7:40 AM >>To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: re: appsetup.exe >> >>Is appsetup.exe the only free jaws for windows development add-on in > use >>these days or do other add-on packages exist which a modern and real >>development environment ought to have installed? >>__________ >>View the list's information and change your settings at >>//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind >> >> >>This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended >>solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. >>If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender >>immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, >>you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail > without >>the author's prior permission. 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