[jawsscripts] Re: DlgSelectScriptToRun function problem

  • From: Csaba Godo <arpadhazi68.jawsul@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:40:26 +0100

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks, but this project is not fascinatin, but rather practical. I 
think it is not only my problem that in JAWS you can get the necessary 
informations on a difficult non-userfriendly way. I just hated to 
memorize all the keystrokes app by app and it gives me the idea to make 
a so called "Application Shortcut key Center" where you can not only see 
the scripts and the associated shortcut keys, but you can activate them 
simply by pressing enter key or spacebar. Later came the idea that this 
tool could be used as well to not only display keyboard commands, but to 
modify them, too, or editing the scripts documentation. The dependence 
on an INI file makes possible that this tool can be used for anything to 
do what you can do with JAWS scripts. For example one of my friends as 
an university student uses the first simple one-level prototype of this 
program as a simply text insertion tool for editing the mathematical 
formulas as lateX code. So the time consuming text editing process can 
be made on a user- and blindfriendly way. And as an attached script 
library solution can be called from any other JAWS scripts or aplication 
scripts, or can be attached to the default.jss, too.

When I'll finish the project I'll make it freely available for everybody 
trough my SourceForge pages. Both the JAWS only and the VB COM-object 
version, too. So everybody can freely use it in his or her JAWS scripts.

Regards,

Csaba



Tshaba


2013.11.05. 14:02 keltezéssel, Jonathan C. Cohn írta:
> Csaba,
> This is beyond the scope that I am capable of. It sounds like a fascinating 
> process and might be useful for English speakers too.
> Best wishes,
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> On Nov 4, 2013, at 10:55 PM, Csaba Godo wrote:
>
>> Hi Jonathan,
>>
>> Thanks for the idea of the event scheduling. I went through a bit of the
>> default.jss file and found that the ScheduleFunction() function makes it
>> possible to do it. Now it seems that I can nest as many levels as I want.
>>
>> But unfortunately, this solution is quite primitive for me. It was good
>> for me to do a prototype, but the final solution must be written in VB
>> as a reusable COM DLL. Using JFWApi I can call any script which are
>> loaded and can manage the information gathered from the JSD and JKM
>> files in a more elegant way than this. The user interface not mentioned.
>> There it is possible to use a treeview control for groupping and this
>> interface makes possible that user edits the whole hierarchy, ie. the
>> groups and the group items.
>>
>> What I need is a generalized framework which implements the whole
>> functionality of the Keyboard Manager and extends it with some
>> functionality of the Script Manager, and adds some new one, too. And
>> this solution should work with many JAWS versions from 9 to 14. Because
>> many company user in Hungary uses even the version 9. Unfortunately not
>> all versions are localized. Olny version 9, 11 and 14 is translated.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Tshaba
>>
>>
>> 2013.11.04. 13:49 keltezéssel, Jonathan C. Cohn írta:
>>>
>>> Sounds like you are trying to reproduce the type of functionality that jaws 
>>> does with virtual ribbon and its DLL at least to some extent. In terms of 
>>> the dialog box a quick hack to the solution would be to destroy the dialog 
>>> and schedule an event to create it again.
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Nov 4, 2013, at 4:24 AM, Csaba Godo <arpadhazi68.jawsul@xxxxxxxxx> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi John,
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks for you idea, but for me it is not a good solution.
>>>> I'm working on a generalized listbox based application menusystem, in
>>>> which are listed all executable scripts, belonging to the given
>>>> application regardless of whether there is a keystroke defined or not.
>>>> The list should be expandable by editing an INI file. The scripts should
>>>> be accessible trough this list. In many cases there are so many
>>>> keystrokes to memorize, that is impossible, but with this solution the
>>>> user needs to know that Ctrl+Alt+M opens the application menu list
>>>> dialog and there are all commands listed. If it is neccessary, the
>>>> commands should be groupped into logical groups for the better
>>>> accessibility. If the user selects one of these logical groups, then the
>>>> content of the list changes and displays only the content of the
>>>> selected group. In this case, as the first list item, is displayed the
>>>> 3-dot (well known from the DOS world) as a sign how to go back to the
>>>> previous list. As a beta version I would like to do it with JAWS only,
>>>> but later I will use a COM dll in wich I can encapsulate all
>>>> functionality for this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tshaba
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013.11.04. 8:29 keltezéssel, John Martyn írta:
>>>>> The better bet is to use the user buffer to call scripts. It works much
>>>>> better and won't give you errors. The only problem is you have to
>>>>> prepopulate the JSM file manually. Here is an example. It might be 
>>>>> possible
>>>>> to build a function to get all your scripts and make a user buffer but the
>>>>> scripts would have to be more descriptive in that approach.
>>>>> messages
>>>>> @navigationKeys Navigation Keys
>>>>> Go to Home Page %KeyFor (HomePage)
>>>>> Go Back a Page or window %KeyFor (BackPage)
>>>>> Go Forward a Page %KeyFor (ForwardPage)
>>>>> Follow the currently playing song in the Music Library %KeyFor 
>>>>> (FollowTrack)
>>>>>
>>>>> @@
>>>>> @informationKeys Informational Keys
>>>>> Check the currently playing Artist and Song %KeyFor (CurrentlyPlaying)
>>>>> Check the currently playing song's timecode %KeyFor (Timeline)
>>>>> Check information in the LCD window %KeyFor (Information)
>>>>> Check the Track Totals status bar %KeyFor (TrackStatus)
>>>>> @@
>>>>> @windowAccess Window Access
>>>>> Access the Sources Sidebar %KeyFor (GoToSidebar)
>>>>> Access the visible track or window list %KeyFor (GoToTrackList)
>>>>> iTunes Store Web interface %KeyFor (GoToWeb)
>>>>> @@
>>>>> @windowOptions Window Options
>>>>> Use the search feature %KeyFor (EditSearch)
>>>>> Fast forward through a song %KeyFor (FastForward)
>>>>> Rewind through a song %KeyFor (Rewind)
>>>>> Uncheck and check songs in the track list. %KeyFor (BoxyBoxy)
>>>>> Enable or disable the column browser. %KeyFor (ColumnBrowser)
>>>>> Change the column positions and sort columns. %KeyFor (ColumnSort)
>>>>> Enable or disable multiSelect %KeyFor (MultiSelect)
>>>>> Access the window sort options %KeyFor (WindowOptions)
>>>>> Shift a track up in a playlist %KeyFor (ShiftUp)
>>>>> Shift a track down in a playlist %KeyFor (ShiftDown)
>>>>> Drag and Drop playlists %KeyFor (DragNDrop)
>>>>> Apply an equalizer preset to a song or group %KeyFor (Equalizer)
>>>>> Apply a genre to a song or group %KeyFor (ChangeGenre)
>>>>> Apply a rating to a song or group %KeyFor (ChangeRating)
>>>>> Multi Check or Uncheck by Artist or Album %KeyFor (UncheckItems)
>>>>> Access the Helper functions %KeyFor (HelperScripts)
>>>>>
>>>>> @@
>>>>> endmessages
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Csaba Godo
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 11:21 PM
>>>>> To: JAWSScripts List
>>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] DlgSelectScriptToRun function problem
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> I need some help in scripting DlgSelectScriptToRun function. This function
>>>>> displays a dialogbox and the list on it can be filled with items, which
>>>>> could start directly scripts by pressing spacebar. My problem is when I
>>>>> start a script from this list, which uses InputBox function, then after
>>>>> terminating this script I can not display the script list dialog again,
>>>>> because I get the message that one of the JAWS dialogs is opened and until
>>>>> closing it I can't display a new one again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is my script:
>>>>>
>>>>> Script ShowScriptSelector()
>>>>> ; Displays the script chooser dialog
>>>>> ; Ctrl+Alt+M
>>>>>
>>>>> DlgSelectScriptToRun("InsertFraction", "LateX Inserter", TRUE) EndScript
>>>>>
>>>>> Script InsertFraction
>>>>> var string sA
>>>>> If InputBox("Enter the fraction:", "Fraction", sA) != 0 Then
>>>>> TypeString("Entered fraction: " + sA) EndIf EndScript
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems when in the script list I choose an item and press spacebar, then
>>>>> JAWS does not close this dialog immediately before running the selected
>>>>> script, but hides it. So when the "InsertFraction" script ends then the
>>>>> hidden script list dialog stays opened and lacks the JAWS open it again. 
>>>>> Do
>>>>> somebody have idea about a workaround for this problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>>
>>>>> Csaba
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