[jawsscripts] Re: Changing and Saving / Restoring Cursors
- From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:53:58 -0500
Great, if it helps! I would not place too much credibility to that code
yet. I have made many changes and still have some bugs left. When I get
the core functionality finished, I will post the scripts to the web. I will
also post a link here for anyone's use and comments. This list is
invaluable for learning some of the quirks and working details of the JAWS
scripting language!
Don Marang
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 12:08 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Changing and Saving / Restoring Cursors
> Wow donald, this is some cool code here i wanna examine for my own
> learning
> if only i get some decent headspace learning time to do it in!
> <grin.>
> thanks heaps for posting all this and what it's kinda doing etc.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:07 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Changing and Saving / Restoring Cursors
>
>
>> Actually, I am certainly a novice at scripting.I had written minor
>> scripts
>> for many years, but nothing like this. It is a great learning
>> experience!
>> I have never used many features in JAWS, like Custom Highlight Assign.
>> As
>> far as I could tell, it did not seem to handle this situation.
>>
>> The unruly application is Verizon Call Assistant. It is a totally free
>> software and web service for Verizon customers who still have a home,
>> land
>> line phone. It is most usefull if you have Caller ID and Voice Mail on
> that
>> line. This is exciting to me since I have all of these! I realize that
>> most people have moved on and replaced these relics with newer more
> flexible
>> technology, like VoIP! Once you create an account at
>> verizon.com/callassistant and you link it to your phone number and voice
>> mail service, you get many new capabilities. You can view your call log,
>> listen and save voice mails, receive emails for selecctive calls and
> email,
>> and maintain a contact list. If you download the PC software, you can
> have
>> all this available all the time and get apop up, "Toast" notification
>> with
>> the Caller ID info for calls and voice mails! It pops up down near the
>> clock area like a large HelpBalloon. It even beats the phonne ringing by
> at
>> least a second. I also like to know if someone is trying to call and
>> left
> a
>> voice mail while my son is on the phone with his girlfriend. I can see
> who
>> is trying to get through and even listen to the voice mail. Verizon
>> promises to bring many new features in the near future including advanced
>> selective forwarding.
>>
>> The results show up in a nonstandard dialog below the small main window
> with
>> three buttons and a search edit box. The results dialog is primarily a
>> nonstandard list view, surounded by a title and controls to go to the
>> next
>> and previous pages. The list shows up to 10 items at a time. All of the
>> options and settings are managed omn the wevsite. The only set up on the
> PC
>> is the login, which can be set to be done automatically when the computer
>> starts up.
>>
>> The list only has two columns, even though most of the time there is at
>> least three things associated with that item that are inportant! The
> phone
>> of the incoming call is not shown in the call log. To get this
> information,
>> you must hover the mouse over the item. A two line "ToolTip" appears
>> with
>> name and number. New calls are shown in bold. I also currently say
>> "item
>> x" before each item to let me know the ActiveItemChangedEvent occoured.
>> When the "ToolTip appears, I say the phone number and capture these items
> in
>> global variables for later use. Below is my ActiveItemChanged function
> and
>> part of my WindowActivatedEventt.
>>
>> My WindowActivatedEvent function first checks if the window class =
> "#32770"
>> (used by the results dialog, the "HelpBalloon" Toast dialogs and various)
>> "ToolTip" windows). Then I check the Control ID of the first child to
>> identify which action should be taken. The Control ID of this window is
>> 282.
>>
>>
>> Void Function ActiveItemChangedEvent (handle hWnd, int iCurrentID, Int
>> iCurrentChild, handle hWndPrevious, Int iPreviousID, Int iPreviousChild)
>>
>> If hWnd == ghWndListView Then
>> SayString ("Item " + IntToString (iCurrentChild))
>> If GetCharacterAttributes () & ATTRIB_BOLD Then SayString ("new ") EndIf
>> ; SayString ("Selection state = " + IntToString (lvGetItemState (hWnd,
>> iCurrentChild) ))
>>
>> JAWSCursor ()
>> RouteJAWSToPc ()
>> LeftMouseButton ()
>> PCCursor ()
>> Else
>> SayString ("Call to item changed and not in list view! Item = " +
>> IntToString (iCurrentChild))
>> EndIf
>>
>> ActiveItemChangedEvent (hWnd, iCurrentID, iCurrentChild, hWndPrevious,
>> iPreviousID, iPreviousChild)
>>
>> EndFunction
>>
>>
>> Void Function WindowActivatedEvent (handle hWnd)
>> Var
>> Handle hWndFirstChild,
>> Int iFirstID,
>> Handle hWndLastChild,
>> Int iLastID,
>> String sTip
>>
>> Let hWndFirstChild = GetFirstChild (hWnd)
>> Let iFirstID = GetControlID (hWndFirstChild)
>>
>> Let hWndLastChild = GetLastWindow (hWndFirstChild)
>> Let iLastID = GetControlID (hWndLastChild)
>> If GetWindowClass (hWnd) == WND_POPUP_CLASS Then
>> If ...; handle other windows
>> ELIf iFirstID == WCID_LIST_NAME Then
>> ; SayString ("Name and phone pop up")
>> Let gsListName = GetWindowName (hWndFirstChild)
>> ; SayString ("Caller was: " + gsListName)
>>
>> If IsWindowVisible (hWndLastChild) Then
>> Let gsListNumber = GetWindowName (hWndLastChild)
>> SayString ("number: " + gsListNumber)
>> Else
>> ;The ToolTip in the Search rersulrts list view only displays the name
>> Let gsListNumber = Null ()
>> EndIf
>> ElIf iFirstID == WCID_VIEW_CONTACT_NAME Then
>> ... process other dialogs
>> EndIf
>>
>> EndIf
>>
>> WindowActivatedEvent (hWnd)
>>
>> EndFunction
>>
>>
>> Don Marang
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:44 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Changing and Saving / Restoring Cursors
>>
>>
>> > p.s.
>> > like wen you say, switching whole scripts through
> activeItemChangedEvent,
>> > that sounds to me like
>> > a pretty sledge hammer approach to be trying as a solution?
>> > again, from a total novice perspective?
>> > You presumably know all about custom highlight colors and things of
>> > that
>> > nature too, right? the simple stuff?
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 3:03 PM
>> > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Changing and Saving / Restoring Cursors
>> >
>> >
>> >> Thanks, this seemed to help some. It has not fixed all my problems,
> vut
>> > it
>> >> is vetter. I will save this for future reference as well. It is a
>> >> little
>> >> hard to debug with so many events.Today I tried to remove the need for
>> >> frames and switch scripts that get called from my own
>> >> WindowActivatedEvent
>> >> function. If I get this working properly, I want to put part of this
>> > script
>> >> in a similar function in the default script file, so I will get
> notified
>> > by
>> >> itscustom "HelpBaloon".
>> >>
>> >> Right now, I have to press the KeyPad + to force the PCCursor back on
>> > after
>> >> each time I use the down arrow in a custom list view I am trying to
> tame.
>> >> If I don't, it seems to have the JAWSCursor active, and does not get
>> > events
>> >> from ActiveItemChangedEvent. There must be something funky I am doing
>> >> within my ActiveItemChanggedEvent. I had no idea that my application
>> >> woulduse MSAA at all, buut I followed a previous suggestion on this
> list
>> > and
>> >> it worked! I have not investigated how to use MSAA any further at
>> >> this
>> >> point.
>> >>
>> >> Bless the list for its help.
>> >>
>> >> Don Marang
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "James Panes" <jimpanes@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:59 PM
>> >> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Changing and Saving / Restoring Cursors
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Yes, the cursors do save on a stack. Another very important thing to
>> >> > remember is that JAWS does not save the position of the PC Cursor
> when
>> > it
>> >> > is
>> >> > saved. There are valid scripting reasons why this is the case.
>> >> >
>> >> > To save and restore the PC cursor, I do the following:
>> >> > InvisibleCursor ()
>> >> > SaveCursor () ; This saves the original position of the invisible
>> >> > cursor
>> >> > Move InvisibleToPC ()
>> >> > SaveCursor () ; This uses the invisible cursor to save the
> position
>> > of
>> >> > the PC cursor.
>> >> >
>> >> > Code that changes positions here
>> >> >
>> >> > RestoreCursor () ; This moves the invisible cursor to the
>> >> > original
>> >> > position of the PC Cursor.
>> >> > RoutePCToInvisible () ; Places PC cursor back at its original
> position.
>> >> > RestoreCursor () ; Places Invisible cursor back to its original
>> >> > position.
>> >> > PCCursor () ; Activates PC cursor.
>> >> >
>> >> > This places the PC cursor and the invisible cursor back to where
>> >> > they
>> > were
>> >> > and activates the PC cursor. The other thing is to make sure that
>> >> > the
>> >> > PC
>> >> > cursor is active before going to all this trouble.
>> >> >
>> >> > Some scripters do not bother to save and restore the invisible
> cursor.
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards,
>> >> > James
>> >> > jimpanes@xxxxxxxxx
>> >> > jimpanes@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > "Everything is easy when you know how."
>> >> >
>> >> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >> > From: "Doug Lee" <doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 4:39 PM
>> >> > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Changing and Saving / Restoring Cursors
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > My standard idiom is saveCursor() invisibleCursor() saveCursor():
> The
>> >> > first saveCursor keeps track of which cursor was active to begin
> with,
>> >> > and the second saves the position of the invisible cursor before I
>> >> > move it.
>> >> >
>> >> > On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 04:32:27PM -0500, Donald Marang wrote:
>> >> > In the examples I have seen for using the SaveCursor and
> RestoreCursor
>> >> > functions, they use the following order:
>> >> > InvisibleCursor ()
>> >> > SaveCursor ()
>> >> > perform statements that move the focus...
>> >> > RestoreCursor ()
>> >> >
>> >> > If the save and restore functions work like a stack, wouldn't the
>> >> > SaveCursor
>> >> > function need to be called first, and then change cursors? I am a
>> > little
>> >> > confused here. I am finding my application being continually with
> the
>> >> > InvisibleCursor active, and I am not sure why!
>> >> >
>> >> > Don Marang
>> >> >
>> >> >
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