[jawsscripts] Re: Assigning a Script to Include the PrintScreen Key

  • From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:27:10 -0500

Interesting!  That is not how my Windows 7 computer reacts.  I guess it is a 
moot point now.  For now, I have settled on Insert + PrintScreen to activate 
my script to OCR the foreground window.  I just packaged the script and will 
post later tonight.

Don Marang

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From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:20 AM
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Assigning a Script to Include the PrintScreen Key

> Don,
>  The Windows Help in XP gives:
>
> To copy the window or screen contents
>
>  a.. To make a copy of the active window, press ALT+PRINT SCREEN.
>  b.. To copy the entire screen as it appears on your monitor, press PRINT
> SCREEN.
> Note
>
>  a.. To paste the image into a document, click the Edit menu in the
> document window, and then click Paste.
>  Martin
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jitendra" <jeet.invincible@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:05 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Assigning a Script to Include the PrintScreen 
> Key
>
>
>> try insert+printscreen, it will work.
>> Donald Marang wrote:
>>> What does Alt+PrintScreen do?  I know that Control+PrintScreen is the
>>> Windows shortcut to Copy an image of the foreground window to the
>>> clipboard.
>>> Additionally, I discovered that my favorite combination,
>>> Control+Shift+PrintScreen is used in VMware Workstation to perform a
>>> screen
>>> capture.  Unfortunately, I  tried several different combinations with
>>> PrintScreen, and so far, none have worked.
>>>
>>> Don Marang
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Travis Roth" <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 6:40 PM
>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Assigning a Script to Include the PrintScreen
>>> Key
>>>
>>>
>>>> Alt+Printscreen is a Windows keystroke, so it is possible Windows will
>>>> not
>>>> let an app override it?...
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donald Marang
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 5:08 PM
>>>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Assigning a Script to Include the PrintScreen 
>>>> Key
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to assign a keystroke combination to a script that
>>>> includes
>>>> the PrintScreen key?  When I create a script using the new script 
>>>> dialog
>>>> and
>>>> assign it to the combination Alt + PrintScreen, it will create the
>>>> following
>>>> line into the keymap file:
>>>>
>>>> Alt+PrintScreen=OCRSnapshot
>>>> The function works fine if I give it a normal assignment such as
>>>> Control+Shift+O.  However, if I include the PrintScreen key into the 
>>>> mix
>>>> from the dialog or directly editing the keymap file, the script is not
>>>> activated.
>>>>
>>>> Is this key off limits for some reason?  If so, why will the dialog
>>>> enter
>>>> the key name into the assignment field?  Is it possible to force this
>>>> assignment?
>>>>
>>>> Don Marang
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