[jawsscripts] Re: Proposed enhancements to JAWS scripting language
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:14:53 -0400 (EDT)
Yes, I shouldn't have grouped the user and IE virtual buffers regarding
getting all text. The only way I found to do it with an IE buffer was
to select all text and then get selected text.
Thanks for the additional ideas, which I'll pass along. Others feel
free to chip in, too.
Jamal
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Doug
Lee wrote:
> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:54:22 -0400
> From: Doug Lee <doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Proposed enhancements to JAWS scripting
> language
>
> I believe UserBufferGetText gets the entire buffer, but not a
> subrange.
>
> I want something like getGlobalVar(string name) and
> setGlobalVar(string name, variant val), where setting to null would
> remove the variable. This would give us the ability to create arrays
> overnight.
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 01:42:04PM -0400, chad.foster@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> How about extending the size of variables the JAWS scripting language
> currently supports. I'd like to see JAWS able to interpret large
> strings, but we are currently limited in that regard.
>
> Love the multilistbox HJ dialog idea.
>
>
> -Chad
>
>
> On 10/10/07, Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Although it may be too late to add capabilities to the JAWS 9.0 scripting
> > language, perhaps easy enhancements might be done, and others would
> > hopefully be considered for the next version. Based on personal
> > experience and list observations, I have some suggestions below. I
> > welcome comments for improving this list before I submit it to FS.
> >
> > Jamal
> >
> > Add syntax for iterating through items of a COM collection, without
> > needing to use syntax like o.Item(i). Other languages often do this with
> > a "for each" statement.
> >
> > Add a function to get all text of a control, not just the visible text.
> >
> > Add a parameter to the StringReplaceSubstrings function so that case may
> > be ignored.
> >
> > Add a StringSegmentSort function.
> >
> > Add a WindowActivate(handle) function for top-level windows.
> >
> > Add a dialog with a multiple selection listbox, which returns a string
> > segment list of user choices.
> >
> > With a user buffer or IE virtual buffer, add a function to get or set the
> > zero-based index of the cursor. Also add a function to get the entire
> > user buffer, and another to select a range specified by two index points
> > in the buffer.
> >
> > Add the capability of dynamically calling a Win32API function at runtime,
> > passing or receiving integer and string values by value or reference.
> >
> > Add a floating point, numeric data type.
> >
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