[jawsscripts] Adding to DEFAULT.JSS and the Use statement
- From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:24:20 -0500
In my never ending attempt to tame Verizon Call Assistant, I have run into an
area I thought I knew how to handle. But I was wrong! I have an event
handler, WindowActivatedEvent in my application's script file. I finally have
it working well. It watches for changes in several windows, including a custom
HelpBalloon they call "Toast". They Toast pop ups happen whenever the phone
rings or a voice mail has been received. The event handler calls a function,
ToastEvent, when one of these windows appear. This function announces the
Caller ID info and save it in global variables.
I want JAWS to announce these windows from any application. I had extracted
the portion of the working WindowActivatedEvent dealing with trapping these
windows and placed it in a new script file named, "VZCallAssistantDefault.JSS".
Instead of simply calling ToastEvent (hWnd), I add the scope in the call as
follows:
VZCallAssistant::ToastEvent (hWnd)
When I first tried this I had the BX Toolbox installed so I added the following
line to the DEFAULT.JSS file it created:
Use "VZCallAssistantDefault.jsb"
This seemed to work. But my function was not fully debugged yet. Since then,
I have had to uninstall all FS products and reinstall and then finally run a
registry cleaner to get JAWS talking again. I have not reinstalled BX at this
point to work through a factory installation of my scripts.
Now that my JAWS seems to be working and the ToastEvent function works
correctly in the application, I tried to adjust DEFAULT.JSS again. My JAWS did
not have a default script in my personal settings folder, so I opened Script
Manager and press Control + Shift + d. I believe this copies the shared
default script file to the user's personal settings folder then this default
file overrides the shared default scripts. When I add the "Use" line again to
the default file, it does not seem to get incorporated. The function never
gets called. I also added a second test script that simply spoke MSAA
information about the current object. The assigned key does nothing! I have
always thought of the Use statement as a way of link in the code like a
library. I assumed this would make any assigned keys in the file being added
with an Use statement would show up in the default file in Keyboard Manager.
None of these things are working! Am I missing something? Am I doing these
steps correctly? Does the script auto installer perform these steps for the
end user?
Sorry to be long winded! Merry Christmas. My wife and kids are cleaning and
wrapping presents. I am not very good at either of these. I did do most of
the shopping though.
Don Marang
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