[jawsscripts] Re: settingFocus or moving JawsCursor to, a specific child window?
- From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:16:05 -0900
I would use FindWindowWithClassAndId and then SendMessage BM_GETSTATE
If the button is checked, the return value will bit-and with 0x03
The value for BM_GETSTATE is 0x242A in case it's not in the hjconst
file, and the wParam and lParam are both unused and 0.
On 1/30/10, Geoff Chapman <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Mighty Scripters.
>
> another simple greeny question, but, other than asking up here, I wasn't
> even sure where else I might look to anser such a question.
> But, I wished to understand
> How exactly might one most efficiently either move JawsCursor to, and click
> in to change Checked status,
> or alternatively setFocus to, and just doing a {Space} once there to achieve
> the same thing,
> a specific set of child windows in a dialog, whose controlID's seem to
> remain constant and static each time it's opened?
> I've got a dialog with about 6 child windows, all checkBoxes, that appear to
> me to have nice static controlID's, and I'm wanting to ascertain the
> methodology for most performance efficiently altering all their unchecked
> states, which they are upon entering this dialog, to checked ones.
>
> I've just never before tried to do something like this,
> using what I realize is the professional, "window related back end," way of
> approaching the task,
> and I'm just a bit stumped as to exactly how to start.
>
> I could of course, solve it by just doing multiple TabKey Presses, and
> SpaceKey presses inside LeftRightBrace characters, But, I'm pretty certain
> this would not be the most performance efficient/elegant way to accomplish
> this?
> And I'd like to try and advance my knowledge of how I know you professionals
> do this, by the fancy process of queerying the environment for the correct
> window related information, to get handles for etc. which has, to date,
> remained just a deep mystery to me.
>
> Would any kind soul have time/energy to assist?
> or, direct me as to where I might learn to achieve such a thing?
>
> Since SetFocus, and many other similar commands, require the handle of the
> Window they are to operate on,
> I can dimly se the methodology must have something to do with first setting
> a handle variable in the script, like
> var
> handle hwnd
>
> and then, presumably when the dialog in question has been opened with a
> control+L keystroke in Braces,
> doing something like
>
> let hwnd = GetTopLevelWindow () ; ...
> But I just can't work out how to code things from there,
> and if you already know the bunch of control ID's of each window you wish to
> move to, and click in? or setFocus in etc?
>
> any tips most warmly appreciated.
>
> thanks.
>
> geoff c.
>
>
>
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