Aaron, I wrote some apps for a company here in Germany they use to make life easier for their WE clients. This company also has a program developed which combines important steps of work tasks in a single application, regardless what screen reader the client prefers to use. That means that the user learns to handle their application rather than knowing about each single command in a screen reader. In the apps I developed are some tasks or functions which we want to integrate into their application. I'm not speaking about standart build-in commands like read line, read word, speak date and time, I refer only to my developed apps, their functions or may be their hotkeys. But since an app designed hotkey does not have an unique hotkey number, I was wondering how to accomplish this task.
Hope this makes it a bit more clear. Cheers, Ralf Ralf Heinrich Kefferpuetz Web: http://www.keffi.eu Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Keffi.eu Germany -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: calling WE functions or hotkeys from an external program What, exactly, are you wanting to accomplish, Ralf? I know you originally said, "I'm looking for a way to call hotkeys, or functions, from WE apps in an external program." But what is the intent behind that question? Knowing that would help us provide a more applicable answer. Aaron On 5/22/2012 8:13 AM, martin webster wrote: > Hi Ralf, > You could all so execute a window-eyes hotkey like so: > Begin snippet: > Set we = CreateObject("WindowEyes.Application") > wscript.Sleep 500 > we.Speech.Silence() > wscript.Sleep 500 > we.ActiveSettings.Hotkeys.Item(53).Execute > wscript.Sleep 1000 > we.Speech.Speak "all done exiting script" > > I prefer this method as I can't get the ExecuteHotkey method of the application object to work in an external script. > Warm regards. > Martin Webster. > I.T. team leader for Kirklees visual impairment network. > --- On Tue, 5/22/12, Ralf Kefferpuetz<[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Ralf Kefferpuetz<[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: calling WE functions or hotkeys from an external program >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 7:29 AM >> Thanks a lot Chip! >> Yes, I did know of this possibility for WE build-in >> functionality and was >> hoping that there are ways to do the same for apps hotkeys >> or functionality. >> Martin his suggestion will work for now. >> >> Best regards, >> Ralf >> >> Ralf Heinrich Kefferpuetz >> Web: http://www.keffi.eu >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Keffi.eu >> Germany >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chip Orange [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:24 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: calling WE functions or hotkeys from an >> external program >> >> Hi Ralph and Martin, >> >> As far as I know, Martin's example is the best way to do >> this when you have >> a specific keystroke you'd like executed (especially if that >> keystroke >> activates some app's functionality). >> >> I just wanted to mention there is an alternative, when what >> you want done is >> to execute some built-in WE functionality; this alternative >> is especially >> useful when people may have changed the hotkey associated >> with the >> functionality. In my example below, I show how you >> could execute some WE >> functionality (such as read line) not by inserting the >> keystroke usually >> used to read a line (control numericpad center), but by >> telling WE to >> execute the functionality by its name instead of by the >> keystroke: >> >> Set we = CreateObject("WindowEyes.Application") >> WE.application.executeHotkey hkLine ' this does the same as >> inserting a >> control-numericpad center >> >> hth, >> >> Chip >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: martin webster [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 3:50 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: RE: calling WE functions or hotkeys from an >> external program >>> Hi Ralf, >>> Try this, I'm not sure if this is what you want, but >> this >>> snippet will execute the hotkey insert "t", the time >> and date >>> window-eyes hotkey running as an external app written >> in >>> VBScript. Just press enter on what ever you decide to >> call >>> the snippet and it should run. you need window-eyes 7.5 >> to >>> run this though. >>> begin snippet: >>> Set we = CreateObject("WindowEyes.Application") >>> set MyHotkey = we.Keyboard.Key("Insert-t") >> wscript.Sleep 2000 >>> MyHotkey.Insert() >>> wscript.Sleep 1000 >>> we.Speech.Speak "all done exiting script" >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> Warm regards. >>> Martin Webster. >>> I.T. team leader for Kirklees visual impairment >> network. >>> >>> --- On Mon, 5/21/12, Ralf Kefferpuetz >>> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> From: Ralf Kefferpuetz<[email protected]> >>>> Subject: RE: calling WE functions or hotkeys from >> an >>> external program >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Date: Monday, May 21, 2012, 4:04 PM >>>> Hello Bruce, >>>> >>>> many thanks for that. Let me make myself a bit >> more clear. >>>> What I want to >>>> achieve is the following: >>>> 1) I have WE apps running with hotkeys assigned to >> their functions, >>>> which is a normal app hotkey behavior. The user >> can execute these >>>> functions by pressing the defined hot key. >>>> 2) now I want to execute this functions from an >> external program >>>> either by firing the hotkey or by calling the >> global >>> function in the >>>> app In your example you are using the version >> method, which comes >>>> directly from the WE object, but how to execute an >> app >>> defined hotkey >>>> or global function? >>>> Here is a small example, see this tiny app: >>>> Set myHotkey = >> Keyboard.RegisterHotkey("Control-f12", >>>> "InsertDate") >>>> function InsertDate() >>>> Keyboard.InsertString Time& " on" >> & >>>> FormatDateTime(Date,1) >>>> End function >>>> Now, is it possible to fire the Control-F12 hotkey >> or the function >>>> InsertDate() from within a program? >>>> I'm not sure if I could make it a bit more clear. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Ralf >>>> >>>> Ralf Heinrich Kefferpuetz >>>> Web: http://www.keffi.eu >>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Keffi.eu Germany >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: BT [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:12 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: calling WE functions or hotkeys from >> an >>> external program >>>> >>>> Hi Ralf, >>>> >>>> Just use the create object from your >> calling >>>> app in the format such as >>>> below. This is the python comtypes call and what >> ever you >>>> use as your com >>>> types method is the format you must use. >>>> Note the individual method is after the >> first >>>> period. >>>> >>>> WeTts = CreateObject( "windoweyes.application") >>>> weVersion = WeTts.Version >>>> WeTts.Speech.Speak (" The version of we is: %s" % >>>> weVersion) >>>> >>>> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:10 AM >>>> Subject: calling WE functions or hotkeys from an >> external >>>> program >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I'm looking for a way to call hotkeys, or >> functions, from WE >>>> apps in an >>>> external program. >>>> An example for reading the active window would >> be: >>>> WindowEyes.Application.ExecuteHotkey(130) >>>> So, can an app register an unique hotkey ID? >>>> Are there other ways to access an function in a >> public >>>> running app? >>>> >>>> Many thanks for your ideas, >>>> Ralf >>>> >>>> Ralf Heinrich Kefferpuetz >>>> Web: http://www.keffi.eu >>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Keffi.eu >>>> Germany >>>> >>>> >>>> >> -- Aaron Smith Web Development * App Development * Product Support Specialist GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team.
