[jawsscripts] Re: Changing and Saving / Restoring Cursors
- From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 03:07:12 -0500
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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