[jawsscripts] Re: collection datatype

  • From: Hamid AITOUZNAG <hamid.maier@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:52:12 +0100

Hi all,

I am but a beginner, thus i don't know what does collection mean nor do. 
However, out of my curiosity, i went to search for it but didn't find it 
neither in my default.jss nor in aim.jss. Ihave jaws 11.

Hamid AITOUZNAG
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On 28/07/2010 17:29, Jackie McBride wrote:
> The "about Jaws" dialog says I have that version. This script is not
> here. What the firetruck is going on here? I feel like I've just
> stepped into the twilight zone. I truly do not understand this! Surely
> I'm missing something--but what? This could prove to be truly
> embarrassing when all is said&  done. I am totally weirded out! I
> don't use researchIt or aim. Maybe I'll modify the install&  see if
> there are some scripts that haven't been installed yet? But that truly
> makes no sense!
>
> On 7/28/10, David Farough<David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>    
>> I have it in version 11.0.1461
>> I found it in the default scripts in the GetTermForResearchIt
>> function.
>>
>> * extracted text follows.
>> string Function getTermForResearchIt ()
>> var
>>      collection here
>> let here = new collection
>> ;Basic demonstration of how collections work within JAWS.
>> ;This is of course a bit simplistic and the uses are far more
>> wide-ranging than here, but at least the basic idea gets conveyed.
>> ;final note on collections in general - there is no arraycopy or
>> collectioncopy so if you pass it around, it's byref / the address to the
>> original.
>> ;You'd need to for / forEach through it and independently make your own
>> copy if that's what you want,
>> ; but could be memory-intensive.
>> ;this is really simplistic collection.
>> ;We never want selected text anywhere if the JAWS or invisible cursor
>> is active:
>> if ! isJAWSCursor ()&&  ! isInvisibleCursor () then
>>      let here.selectedText = getSelectedText ()
>> endIf
>> let here.word = getWord ()
>> let here.window = getFocus ()
>> let here.class = getWindowClass (here.window)
>> let here.type = getWindowSubtypeCode (here.window)
>> if ! here.type  then
>>      let here.type = getObjectSubtypeCode (TRUE)
>> endIf
>> let here.isMultiline = (here.type == wt_MULTILINE_EDIT
>>   || getWindowStyleBits (here.window)&  ES_MULTILINE
>>   ;|| stringContains (getActiveCursorName (), cscFSDomCursorName); FSDom
>> can run in single-line edit controls
>>   || here.class == cwc_Word_Document || here.class == cwc_Word_Document2
>> || here.class == cwc_WordPerfect_Document
>> );
>> let here.AcceptsSelection = isVirtualPcCursor () || (isPcCursor ()&&
>> here.isMultiline)
>> if here.AcceptsSelection then
>>      if here.selectedText then
>>              return here.selectedText
>>      else
>>      return here.word
>>      endIf
>> elIf ! here.selectedText&&  (here.type == WT_EDIT || here.type ==
>> WT_READONLYEDIT || stringContains (here.class, "edit")) then
>>      return here.word
>> elIf !isPcCursor () then
>>      return here.word
>> else
>>      return cscNull
>> endIf
>> ;not necessary for a local script call but invaluable if the collection
>> has been passed around.
>> ;The last pointer that drops the collection causes internal garbage
>> collection, aka no scrubbing needed by you
>> ;Obviously since collections / arrays are done byref only dereference
>> when you or whoever's using your collection doesn't need it anymore.
>> let here = null();variant nothing = dump it
>> endFunction
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> David Farough
>> Application Accessibility Coordinator/coordonateur de l'accessibilité
>> Information Technology Services Directorate /
>> Direction des services d'information technologiques
>> Public Service Commission / Commission de la fonction publique
>> Email / Courriel:  David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Tel. / Tél:    (613) 992-2779
>>
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