Good idea! I have not tried that function yet. Your logic makes perfect sense. Don Marang ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Farough" <David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 2:11 PM Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: detecting the handle variable if it foundthe window or not? > Hi Donald: > You might try using the GetForeGroundWindow function to return the > handle of the main window or dialogue with focus. This function does > not require a starting handle so May work in some instances where the > handle with focus does not link directly to the main window. > > 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 > >>>> "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx> 09:26 am Sunday, August > 16, 2009 >>> > Are there any things that can be done to make the percentage of success > > greater when obtaining a window handle? It seems that these "Find" > calls > fail based on cursor positions or some other controllable conditions. > Is > there things that might be considered before calling these functions? > Perhaps moving focus to a known location or routing the JAWS cursor to > the > PC cursor? Will these functions fail if the application currently does > not > have any window in focus or the mouse is positioned outside the window? > I > would like to make several applications more reliable. > > Don Marang > > __________� > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com > > View the list's information and change your settings at > http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > __________� Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com View the list's information and change your settings at http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts