[jawsscripts] Re: HSC searching for a graphic
- From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:27:08 +1100
indeed. this is treu.
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From: "Tim Burgess" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: HSC searching for a graphic
> I'd use top level window positioning if this is a plug-in, as it can get
> resized within the host application and that'll break the spot.
>
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> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoff Chapman
> Sent: 14 January 2010 01:52
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> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: HSC searching for a graphic
>
> yep it should be.
>
> first, obviously label your graphic with something halfway meaningful,
even
> if there
> is more than one instance of it, and they may do quite different things in
> each of those instances.
> second, place your jaws cursor over that graphic, and press hscMods+f7.
> hsc should then attempt to do a little FindGraphic test on that graphic,
and
> tell you if it can see it in the OSM or not, and tell you what iteration
it
> is.
> i.e. 2 of 7 or whatever, if there are 7 instances of it in the application
> window, or whatever window you've told it to search in. tip:
doubleClicking
> hscMods+f7, wil flip the type of window that hsc should use to search in,
> from Application window, rotering through TopLevel window, then current
> window.
> this is more complicated than I've got time right now to go into, but you
> would normatively probably use application window, although using the
other
> window types, might narrow things down a bit in some ways, but have other
> caveats to working successfully, depending how identifiable those other
> window types might be.
>
> so then go ahead and define your Hotspot over that graphic, using the
> alt+control+shift+g,
> graphics and text, wizard hotkey, and choose Search TopDown when it asks.
>
> then when your done, go into the definition editor and look for a line
that
> says,
> GraphicCount=1
>
> change that number to the instance of the graphic you want it to look for.
> then hit enter to save the edit and ok when asked to confirm.
>
> Note! be warned! Jaws and offScreenModel reliability is not known for it's
> robustness. so reliability may be less than you would like it to be,
using
> these methodologies to click at the right spot.
> obviously you can label your spot then, with the job that instance of the
> graphic, will do when you click it, which in fact was the whole initial
> reason prompting me to desire an app like
> hotSpotClicker in the first place. for those SITUATIONS where you had
> multiple instances of the same graphic, doing very different things, and
you
> wanted a way to click on each one and label it, with it's own job at that
> location.
>
> tip2. if you find the FindGraphic iteration feature just tooooo
unreliable,
> you might ditch that, and try using current Window, for the spot
positioning
> mode instead. and, if that currentWindow containing this graphic/spot
> location, is uniquely identifiable enough with hsc, then you might have
> better reliability of hsc tracking that window, than you might obtain
> through the more touchy and more frontEnd, findGraphic method, which is
apt
> to be somewhat unreliable due to OSM concerns in my view.
>
>
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:07 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] HSC searching for a graphic
>
>
> > Hi,
> > Is it possible to create a hotspot and have HSC search top down for the
> second instance of a particular graphic?
> >
> > Gian Pedulla
> > GianniP46@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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