Hi Kevin,
You were checking to see if Browser mode was on and probably it was not,
so false came up.
You also checked for links on the page and it also came up as false, no
links.
The number of lines may be the entire page and not what is on screen.
This is only a guess, but if on the Internet web page something is
wrong, but if not, the answers may be correct.
I have not done any testing yet on it to see what I come up with.
Bruce
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: script to automatically turn off Browse mode in edit boxes
Hi:
I was just playing with the BrowseMode, BrowseModeLines and
BrowseModeLine objects to see if I could get what I want from the
BrowseModeLine object, since some of the properties of that object are
"IsLink", "IsQuote" and a few other similar ones. But I have some
questions.
First, I opened Internet Explorer and opened the Immed window and
wrote the following code without the quotes:
"set MyBrowseMode = BrowseMode.Lines"
where MyBrowseMode is a BrowseModeLines object
'then I typed the following"
"speak MyBrowseMode.Count"
The resulting number was 101. but when I manually counted the lines
on the page, the number that I got was far less.
So what does that mean?
Then I went further and typed the following code
"set MyIndex = MyBrowsMode.Item(50)"
where MyIndex is a BrowseModeLine object.
Then I typed:
"speak MyIndex.islink"
and the value I got back was "false.
I tried changing the index in the line above to creat different
BrowseModeLine objects and I tried speaking several diferent
properties of the resulting BrowseModeLine objects and all of the
results were false.
I am not sure what these indexes such as mybrowsmode.item(1),
mybrowsemode.item(2) etc represent, since they don't appear to
represent the lines on the page.
Sorry for the longwindedness, but I don't know how else to explain my
confussion.
Kevin Huber
On 6/29/12, BT <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
>
> Yes maybe less code but not really since either case is just a simple
> call, such as execute hotkey...
>
> I was trying to find the information that gives the names of controls
> but could not find any. All it does is spit out the name such as Edit Box
> and gives you no code value for it. I tried using the role value but edit
> boxs are ignored, along with many other controls...
>
> Sincerely
> Bruce
>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: script to automatically turn off Browse mode in edit boxes
>
>
> Hi Bruce:
> I just tested the ActiveSettings.General.Browsemode and you can turn
> it on and of, thus you wouldn't have to fire the hotkey.
> I think I would have to write less code, although I could be wrong.
> Kevin Huber
>
>
> On 6/29/12, Kevin Huber <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi Bruce:
>> That makes sense. I was thinking along those lines too, but is there
>> an object that I can use to monitor those controls?
>> Kevin Huber
>> On 6/25/12, BT <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Control-Shift-A already does this as long as you are on the control
>>> or
>>> edit box.
>>>
>>> I think JAWS has this feature and automatically turns it off when on
>>> an
>>>
>>> edit box. It is a nice idea but one way or another a toggle would have
>>> to
>>> be
>>>
>>> used to get you back out of the edit box afterwards, but this would at
>>> least
>>>
>>> cut down to one key-combo stroke instead of 2.
>>>
>>> One could monitor your controls and fire the hotkey for the
>>> control-shift-A and it would be an easy app to have. Just look for edit
>>> boxes or set it for what control you want it to activate on and that
>>> should
>>>
>>> be it.
>>> I could monitor my Ribbon_Read app to do this since it reads all
>>> controls and you could activate any kind of control you want it to
>>> toggle
>>> for you. I gave a copy of this to the one that wanted TextPad to read
>>> better...
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 2:25 PM
>>> Subject: Re: script to automatically turn off Browse mode in edit boxes
>>>
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>> A toggle key, to activate or deactivate, would make great sense with
>>> this
>>> idea . Additionally, I'd suggest allowing the user to select his
>>> preferred default.
>>> In my use, I suspect, I would probably opt to have the boxes act as they
>>> now do but only to open up after the toggle.
>>> I tend to read pages with the arrow keys so having browse mode act as it
>>> now does is my preferred style unless I actually wanted to fill out
>>> something.
>>>
>>> Good luck with the idea.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bible study has torn my life apart and remade it. That is to say that
>>> God,
>>> through his Word, has done so.
>>> -- Derek Tidball, author of "The Message of Holiness: Restoring God's
>>> Masterpiece"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
