[jawsscripts] Re: Unexpected DlgSelectItemInList error
- From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:31:37 -0400
Hi Logan,
I agree with Sean that line breaks may be a problem. That is quite a list!
I don't think the number of items while in memory is the problem here,
however. I have gone to web sites with tons of links and the links list
JAWS dialog has no problems. I suspect by the error message that there are
more characters in a single statement than JAWS can handle!
First, I would assign portions of this list to several constants or
variables. Then they can be concatenated into a single variable or in the
command.
I also noticed that you did not see anything being done with the return
value. That function returns the index of the selected item to be used to
take some action.
Consider the following example:
Const
DIALOG_TITLE = "Select Action To Perform: ",
P1 = "Item 1|Item 2|Item 3",
P2 = "Item 4|Item 5",
P3 = "Item Item 6"
; not sure how many of these portions can be strung together?
Script ShowCommands ()
Var
String sCommands,
Int iChoice
Let sCommands = P1 + "|" + P2 + "|" + P3
Let iChoice = DlgSelectItemInList (sCommands, DIALOG_TITLE,1,1)
; 3rd parameter tells it to sort alphabetically
; iChoice will be 0 if nothing was selected (user cancelled or pressed
Escape)
; perform desired actions based on iChoice ...
; take a look at StringSegment and other segments functions (each Item above
is a segment)
EndScript
I am considering doing something similar. I would like to read a small text
file containing frequently used phone contacts and add them to the currently
selected item. I display these in a dialog with this function to make a
free call or send a text message with Google Voice.
Does anyone know the limits of JAWS for the lengths of statements,
variables, and constants?
Don Marang
----- Original Message -----
From: "Logan McMullen" <loganmcmullen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Jaws Scripting List" <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 1:38 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Unexpected DlgSelectItemInList error
> Hi,
>
> I'm creating a long list of items using the DlgSelectItemInList function.
> When I type in list items one by one as a test the script compiles but
> when
> I copy and paste the long list of items I want I get an error when
> compiling
> that states "Unexpected word DlgSelectItemInList".
>
> Is there some potential issue with copying a list from an external
> word/text
> file and then pasting it into the script manager?
>
> the pasted list is copied below for your interest & comments:
>
> DlgSelectItemInList ("New document|Open
> document|Print|Save|Close|Tab|Undo|Repeat|Open font dialog box|Open find
> dialog box|Insert hyperlink|Copy|Cut|Paste|Bold|Italics|Underline|Align
> left|Align center|Align right|Justify|Select
> all|Subscript|Superscript.|Hide/reveal the ribbon|Opens print
> preview|Open
> saved document|Shrink selected font|Grow selected font|Insert Page
> break|Track Changes|Insert footnote|Insert Endnote|Mark entry|Mark
> citation|View macros|Spelling and Grammar|Thesaurus|Select all text from
> current cursor position to the beginning of the document|Select all text
> from current cursor position to the end of the document|Office
> button|Home
> tab|Insert tab|Page Layout tab|References tab|Mailings tab|Review tab|View
> tab|New document|Open a previously saved document|Save document|Save As
> document|Save as word document|Save as word template|Save as Word 97-2003
> document|Find add-ins for other file formats|Other formats|Print
> document|Print|Quick Print|Print Preview|Properties|Inspect
> document|Encrypt document|Add a digital signature|Mark as Final|Run a
> compatability checker|Send as e-mail|Send as Internet fax|Blog|Document
> management server|Create document workspace|Close document|Word
> options|Exit
> Word|Paste|Cut|Copy|Format Painter|Show Office Clipboard task
> pane|Font|Font
> Size|Bold|Italics|Underline|Strikethrough|Subscript|Superscript|Clear
> formatting|Highlight text|Font color|Change case|Grow font|Shrink
> font|Opens font dialog box|Starts bullet list|Starts numbered list|Starts
> multilevel list|Decrease indent|Increase indent|Align left|Align
> center|Align right|Align justify|Open line spacing list|Add space before
> paragraph|Add space after paragraph|Shading|Borders|Sort order|Show/hides
> formatting symbols|Show paragraph dialog box|Show more headings|Open
> change
> styles list|Opens styles list|Open editing list|Open find dialog
> box|Replace
> selected text|Select text or objects in the document|Insert Cover
> page|Insert Blank page|Insert Page break|Insert Table|Insert Picture|Clip
> Insert art|Insert Shapes|Insert SmartArt|Insert Chart|Insert
> Hyperlink|Insert Bookmark|Insert Cross-reference|Insert Header|Insert
> Footer|Insert Page number|Insert Text box|Quick parts|Insert Word
> Art|Insert Signature line|Insert Date and Time|Insert Object|Insert
> Equation|Insert Symbol|Themes|Theme colors|Theme fonts|Theme
> Effects|Margins|Orientation|Size|Columns|Breaks|Line
> Numbers|Hyphenation|Page setup|Watermark|Page color|Page border|Indent
> Left|Indent right|Spacing before|Spacing after|Paragraph dialog box|Object
> position|Bring to front|Send to back|Text
> wrapping|Align|Group|Rotate|Table
> of Contents|Add text|Update table|Footnote|Endnote|Next footnote|Show
> notes|Footnote dialog box|Insert a citation|Manage sources|Bibliography
> style|Bibliography|Caption|Table of figures dialog|Update table|Cross-
> reference|Mark entry|Insert index|Update index|Mark citation|Insert Table
> of
> Authorities|Update Table of Authorities|Create envelopes|Create
> labels|Start mail merge|Select recipients|Edit recipient list|Highlight
> merge fields|Address block|Greeting line|Insert merge field|Rules|Match
> fields|Update labels|Preview results|First record|Previous record|Go to
> record|Next record|Last record|Find recipient|Check for errors|Finish and
> merge|Spelling and Grammar|Research|Thesaurus|Translate| Translation
> Screentip|Set Language|Word Count|Insert comment|Delete comment|Previous
> comment|Next comment| Track changes| Balloons|Display for review|Show
> Markup|Reviewing pane| Accept and move to next|Reject and move to
> next|Previous change|Next change|Compare|Show source documents|Protect
> document|Print layout|Fulll screen reading|Web Layout|Outline view|Draft
> view|View ruler|View gridlines|Document map|Thumbnails|Zoom|100%|One
> page|Two pages|Page width|New window|Arrange all|Split|View side-by-
> side|Synchronous scrolling|Reset window position|Switch window|View
> macros",
> "test List: ", 1, 1)
>
> I used a test list code of:
> DlgSelectItemInList ("Item1|Item2|Item3", "Select Action To Perform:
> ",1,1)
> and the script compiled; however when I then replaced the list items with
> my
> wanted list above I get the unexpected word error.
>
>
>
> Thoughts and suggestions please?
>
> Regards,
>
> Logan.
>
>
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