[jawsscripts] Re: settingFocus or moving JawsCursor to, a specific child window?
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:37:36 -0500
Also try the SetFocus function after you find the window handle of interest.
Jamal
On 1/30/2010 12:16 PM, Soronel Haetir wrote:
> 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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