Hi Chip:
I was able to count the links on a page using code which was similar
to the snipit.
Now, the question is, how can I identify controls such as edit boxes
and combo boxes etc on that page.
I decided to try using the Windows object to do this as follows:
Dim OWindow:set OWindow = Activewindow.children ' Window objects
derived from the Windows object
dim ICount 'number of children in the Windows object
dim Icounter 'loop counter
Icount = OWindow.count
For ICounter = 41 to icount
if OWindow(Icounter).Visible then
Speak ICounter
Speak OWindow(ICounter).title
End If
Next
I ran a test script containing this code on a page in Internet
Explorer and found some titles which sounded promising, but I am not
sure if I am using the right property of the Window object to identify
an Edit box.
The second question is, once I am able to identify these edit boxes,
is there a way to identify if it has focus, I.E. if the Virtual Cursor
is pointing to it?
Kevin Huber
On 7/3/12, Chip Orange <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
>
> You're on the right track; the only thing misleading you is the name
> "browsemode lines"; it's not always a line you get as one of the members of
> this collection; if it's a link, then the link will be a member. If a
> given
> line has 10 links, then you'll get 10 more members of the collection just
> for the links of that one line.
>
> You were close to finding the links also, it's not because you weren't in
> browsemode (you're always in browsemode by default when you open a page),
> it's just that you were unlucky in your guesses.
>
>
> Below is a code snipit I used in Immed to find the links of the current
> page; I typed this in in the single line mode, although it would be easier
> to do it in the multiline mode:
>
> for each x in browsemode.lines: if x.isLink then print x.index : end if:
> next
>
> I got a list of the indexes of each of the links in the collection.
>
> hth,
>
> Chip
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kevin Huber [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 4:28 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> 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"
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
