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

  • From: Steve Matzura <number6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:14:08 -0400

It's not, Jackie, and I *did* try those methods.  I actually have a
foolproof method of getting the window handle for the window in
question, it's just that when I use SayWindow to speak it, it speaks
nothing, even though there's stuff in it.  That is the baffling part.

On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:51:01 -0700, you wrote:

>As can deepburner. U might also try functions such as
>FindWindow(string sClass, string sName). Leave the name blank if it
>has none, e.g., "", & find the window class. Doesn't sound like this
>is terribly hard to script.
>
>On 7/8/10, Katherine Moss <plymouthroamer285@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> UltraIso can do just that.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura
>> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 6:10 PM
>> To: jawsscripts
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] To Script, or Choose Another Application?
>>
>> 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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