[jawsscripts] Re: Capturing Text From A Frame

  • From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:27:14 +1000

hmmm. I don't know.  maybe try it?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GianniP46" <giannip46@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:29 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Capturing Text From A Frame


> Hey, will this work if the frame contains labeled graphics?
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Geoff Chapman
>   To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:54 PM
>   Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Capturing Text From A Frame
>
>   sure there is.
>
>
>   GetTextINFrame ("FrameName")
>
>
>   should do it.
>
>   (note the quotes around your frameName as per usual.
>   note, Steven do you know about using control+I, when inside a function,
>   then tabbing once, and trying to locate certain functions from that big
list
>   box,, by typing multiple letters to have it jump to them if they exist?
>
>   like if you do that, then type fast:
>
>   gettext
>
>   you'll see all the GetText functions that you can pick from etc.
>
>
>   Note, GetTextInRect can also be one that I have found useful,
>   if you don't wanna bother having to make the frame first etc, but in
this
>   case, you gotta do a bit more manual fiddling regarding manually
>   interpreting the left, top, right, and bottom coords correctly, of the
>   rectangle you wanna make as your frame.  I.e. when you define a frame,
it
>   does that good stuff automatically for you. but when you do your own
>   getTextInRect coords for that function, it's best to check how the Frame
has
>   decided to tweak those coordinates, inside the frames manager etc,
>   then employ that same strategy in your GetTextInRects.  that's only if
you
>   wanna bother with using that function instead.
>   there are some slight advantages with this method I reckon over the
>   GetTextInFrame, method, but, I won't go into them all here now.
>   hth.
>   Geoff c.
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: "Steven Hicks (HICKSSM)" <Steven.HicksSM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:16 PM
>   Subject: [jawsscripts] Capturing Text From A Frame
>
>
>   > Hi friends,
>   > does anyone know if it is possible to capture text from a frame and
put it
>   in to a variable?
>   > I have a place on the screen where a number appears, if this number
goes
>   above say six, I would like to do something like playt a sound or move
the
>   focus.
>   >
>   >
>


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