[jawsscripts] Re: scripting noobie (again)
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:38:41 -0700
Alex, this is quite straightforward. Firstly, from the application for
which u desire the keystroke to work, press insert 0 to open script
manager.
Next, type in the following lines:
include "hjconst.jsh"
include "hjglobal.jsh"
Now, press control e to bring up the new script dialog. Name your
script, check the 'can be attached to keystroke' box, write in a
synopsis & description, choose a category if desired, assign your
keystroke, & activate the ok button.
U didn't say which key to assign, so, I'll take insert dash as an
example. There are several ways this can be done.
The code looks like:
const
SALEXMSG = "Sock it to me baby, let it all hang out."
script SpeakAlexMessage()
; insert dash
sayMessage(ot_NO_DISABLE, SALEXMSG)
endScript
the insert dash is simply a comment telling the key assignment. Press
ctrl s & compile. Your key should now work just fine.
Another way to do this is to put the constant in a .jsh or .jsm file &
include it in the script, as so:
include "hjconst.jsh"
include "hjglobal.jsh"
include "alex.jsh"
Then the .jsh file would contain the definition of SALEXMSG as above &
the script can use it to speak the message just as I illustrated.
Including a message file is a bit different. One usually does this if
there are many messages, &/or the messages need to be formatted.
It looks like:
messages
@MSGAlexMSG
Sock it to me baby, let it all hang out.
@@
EndMessages
The file begins w/messages & ends w/endMessages. Each message begins
w/an @ sign, followed by the message name. Press enter, type your
message, including line feeds, etc., & when done, put 2 @ signs to end
it.
On 7/4/10, Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I was on here several months ago, trying to figure out how to write a
> basic script for jaws that would speak a hard-coded message when a key
> was pressed instead of speaking the keystroke itself. I am again
> trying to solve this problem, but I cannot locate any responses I
> received last time around. I am a long-time jaws user, and am
> comfortable in Python and Java, but the Jaws scripting language seems
> somewhat clunky and not as smooth or straightforward, though that is
> from an self-proclaimed scripting newb.
> Is there a simple way of doing this? That is, catch a keystroke, and
> speak a message in place of speaking the keys pressed. I apologize
> that I am asking again, but I now have more time than I had before. I
> wish I could locate the emails I had from my last try, but I am not
> sure where they would be.
> I have read through the scripts to Jamal Mazrui's Edsharp program, but
> I could not find where he set things up to speak custom messages. For
> example, in that program with the scripts installed, jaws will say
> "save" when control-s is pressed, and not "control s" at all.
>
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