[jawsscripts] Re: To Script, or Choose Another Application?

  • From: Jim Bauer <holdsworthfan@xxxxxx>
  • To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:36:05 -0500

Perhaps the data you want is the name of the window? What do functions like 
getWindowText or getTextInRect(WINDOWLEFT, WINDOWTOP, RIGHT, BOTTOM)
return?

On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:14:11 -0400, Steve Matzura wrote:
> That's two votes for ExpressBurn.
> 
> On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:22:59 -0500, you wrote:
> 
> >I use Express Burn from NCH Software. It's simple, compact, and accessible. 
> >http://www.nch.com.au/burn/index.html
> >
> >On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:10:01 -0400, Steve Matzura wrote:
> >> I am looking for a single (or pair of) program(s) to burn a CD or DVD
> >> in either data or music modes, but the program has got to be super
> >> easy and as close to fully accessible as it can possibly get.  I found
> >> some nice free ones from a company called DVDVideoSoft which almost
> >> fit the bill.  The problem with them are these:
> >> 
> >> 1.  The control ID's change!  Yes, they really do!  In fact, they are
> >> assigned to be the same as the handles for each physical control! This
> >> is easily worked around with an autostart event that maps the handles
> >> for the windows by going GetNextWindow and GetPriorWindow to find what
> >> I need and save the apppropriate handles.  All the controls that you
> >> can TAB to, talk very nicely.  The one control to which you cannot TAB
> >> is the window containing the space used on the disk, which changes as
> >> files are added and removed from the compilation as it is built.
> >> 
> >> 2.  The aforementioned window is skipped in the TAB rotation, so I
> >> thought I'd write a script to speak it with SayWindow.  The problem is
> >> that the static text that says "Disk space used" speaks perfectly when
> >> I press the hot key, the window that has the actual number in it just
> >> doesn't speak at all!  Should I abandon these approaches and get a
> >> different program, or is there something else I might do to make this
> >> silent window give up its data?  Remember, the two primary criteria
> >> for program choice are simplicity and accessibility.
> >> 
> >> Thanks in advance.
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