[jawsscripts] Re: Launching a Script From a frame
- From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:29:44 +1000
oh my goodness steven. as they say, you ain't heard nutthen yet!
if you think that is impressive/powerful, ... man! there's a whole world out
there of customization that's possible if you can tame the scripting beast,
and reeeeally learn this programming lark.
I would suggest if you wanna, perhaps start studying the basics of scripting
manual thinggy, an absorbing yourself of all the resources at:
http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com/
as I've said, I think judicious and careful use of frames can be very
powerful too, specially when one is kinda starting off, as it seems you
might be.
Geoff c.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Hicks (HICKSSM)" <Steven.HicksSM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:26 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Launching a Script From a frame
> Just tried my frame adjustments and script.
> Basically if the value of the number I specify goes above 4 for example,
my
> script wwill launch to say that the value has increased to whatever it is.
> Really good, thanks to everyone.
> I want it to warn me when it goes above 4, start complaining more when it
> goes above 5 and if it goes above 7, play a warning sound file.
> Just got to get the script to play the sound file now and all should be
> sorted.
> I never realised that the scripting language was quite this powerful to be
> honest.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:56 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Launching a Script From a frame
>
>
> > Hi Steven.
> >
> > man did you not see the response I posted to this a few days ago? did
it
> > not answer this question adequately for you?
> >
> > I'll repost below in hopes that perhaps you missed the first one, or, if
> > not, perhaps you would post back what further information you feel is
> > lacking in it,
> > in order to do what your requesting below.
> > It is written relatively rambingly, and perhaps not clearly enough.
> >
> > ***
> >
> >
> > Martin, mightn't it be simpler, for him to do it the other way?
> > I think for kinda hnewbys scripters I mean, like it sounds like Stephen
> > might kinda be? and which I am also?
> >> else he'd have to have knowledge of Scheduling functions would he not?
> >> which is another level of complexity.
> >>
> >> sounds to me like Stephen's taking the path I took, which is to stretch
> >> frames manager to it's ultimate, then kick in with scripts to make up
the
> >> shortfall, which is not the way I know that most programmers tend to
> > do things. they tend to disregard frames and frames manager
> >> entirely, and do everything with scripts. But, this requires much more
> >> knowledge in my view of the scripting language and functions etc.
> >>
> >> by all means try martin's suggestion Stephen, but, for what it's worth,
> >> personally I'd be trying to do it the reverse way, i.e. assign what's
> > called an "onText event," to the frame your dealing with, in frames
> > manager.
> >> and, then, for what frames manager calls the, "action," for that OnText
> >> event, from the 25 choices it'll give you,
> >> you should assign/choose, "Run Script event." which, mind you, is
> > different than, "run script." in here.
> >> the action, "run script event," really means to run a function, which
is
> > not assigned to a key.
> > you can of course, choose runScript, if the script/function you've
> > designed,
> > to do this extra work your talking about, is assigned to a key, and is
> > thus
> > really a script, rather than a function.
> > If you choose RunScript, then hitting enter will present you with a list
> > of
> > Scripts, from which you can choose and hit enter, rather than having to
> > type
> > the name of the function directly in an edit box type arrangement, as
you
> > must do with the RunScriptEvent option.
> >
> > Assuming you do wish to run a function, rather than a script,
> > when you choose the action of RunScriptEvent, and hit enter, it'll then
> > present you with an
> >> edit box, in which you must then paste the name of your function, the
one
> >> your building to do the other work/checking of your grabbed value from
> >> the
> > frame,
> > etc.
> > However, when writing it, don't put the parenthisies after it's name, as
> > you
> > normally have to in script manager, as
> >> you'd know.
> >>
> >> of course this action can only run a function which doesn't contain
> >> parameters in here by the way, so this excludes some functions
obviously.
> >> I mean, the function name you wish to have run here, when the text in
the
> >> frame changes, must not have anything in the parenthisies after it's
> >> name,
> > as it is defined in the script manager.
> >>
> >>
> > Have you done much work/investigation in the actual properties dialog
> >> of frames you've defined, using frames manager yet?
> >>
> >> Do you have knowledge of how to do what I've suggested above?
> >> It's bed time for me here so I won't be able to explain it all blow by
> > blow now tonight, but, from your feedback to this, I guess we will know
> > whether
> >> you will be aware of where to begin investigation, or, to ask more
> > questions if you need more
> >> indepth information.
> >>
> >> in short though, firstly, you build the function in script manager
that's
> > gunna do
> >> the grunt work/checking for you,
> >> then you altTab back to the application, go into frames manager,
> >> with insert+top Row 9, then tab around till you find your frame that
> > you've obviously set up to trigger upon text changing etc.
> >> hit altEnter to go into it's properties, and in here you'll find 4 tab
> >> controls. shif+Tab as usual to get to them so you can right/left arrow
> >> among them.
> >> you should become thoroughly familiar with frames if you feel you wanna
> >> begin utilizing them in your work, though many scripters will tell you
> > it's better to avoid them because of their tendencies to be very screen
> >> resolution dependent, and of course window size dependent as well.
> > But I personally have found them most practical and useful, so long as
the
> > system your running them on is relatively static.
> >
> > so anyway, inside the frame's properties dialog box,
> > find your third tab along, which is your events tab.
> >> then tab once, and you'll be on the list of events already assigned,
that
> > were assigned their auotmatically when you initially defined your frame
to
> >> watch for this text change, or whatever.
> >> there might only be one or two events there. so then you hit alt+a, to
> > add a new event, and you'll start the, "create event," wizard. you'll
get
> > 4
> >> choices initially, OnFocus, OnFrameKey, On Play Action, and OnText. as
> > you arrow among them, you'll get little auto explanations for each one.
> > choose the onText event, and hit enter.
> >> then you'll be asked to select the attributes or specific text to serve
> >> as
> > a filter to trigger the action your about to assign.
> >> if you want it to trigger upon any change at all, then just hit enter
> > here. but, if you want only certain atributes to trigger this action, or
> > certain specific text to trigger it, i.e. when some certain number
appears
> > in that frame or
> >> whatever, so long as of course you know it'll only appear once etc,
then
> >> hit alt+t to jump to the edit box for this purpose,
> > and specify that text
> >> here. be aware it's case sensitive as well. then hit enter.
> >
> >> then you'll be in the, "event scope," part of the wizard. you can
> >> investigate this, but I almost always leave this at it's default, which
> >> is
> >> to, "recognize this event all the time."
> >> hit enter.
> >
> >> then you'll be in perhaps the main aspect of the event assignment
> > procedure,
> > which is called frame actions. and
> >> you'll be focused on a 25 entry list of actions you can assign to this
> >> ontext event. as I say above, choose Run Script Event, not Run Script
I
> >> reckon, so long as what you've got to assign is a function, and not a
> > script
> >> assigned to a key. else which of course you'd choose Run Script
instead.
> >> hit enter.
> >
> >> then you'll have your edit box into which you must type or paste the
name
> > of the function that you're wanting the onText change in the frame,
> > to launch for you. it must obviously have no errors, and must not be
> > writte
> > with it's parenthisies after it.
> >> then hit enter. that concludes the event assignment wizard.
> >
> >> now you should be back in your third events tab of your frame
properties,
> > and on
> > the list of events assigned to that frame. you can arrow up and down and
> > check
> > that your new onText event/action is really there, and, very handily I
> > believe this feature is, I'm
> >> extremely greatful to whomever had the foresight to put this in here,
you
> >> can then flip the whole event on/off with space bar, as desired. great
> > for debugging and testing things.
> >
> >> so then tab around to ok and hit enter.
> >> then hit escape to leave frames manager,
> >> and when it asks you to save, hit Y for yes.
> >>
> >> that should do it.
> >>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steven Hicks (HICKSSM)" <Steven.HicksSM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 11:01 PM
> > Subject: [jawsscripts] Launching a Script From a frame
> >
> >
> >> Hi friends,
> >> not sure if this is possible but I have a frame set up to monitor an
area
> > of the screen.
> >> The frame executes when the screen area changes.
> >> would it be possible to launch a script when the frame is executed e.g.
> > when the screen area changes, I would like to copy the value to a
variable
> > and do some checks on it.
> >>
> >>
>
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