When you finish them I would be interested in those scripts.
Thanks
Holly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 10:46 PM
Subject: RE: icq and jfw
>I am unsure to which graphics you refer. I don't know of any graphics
>beside the names in the contact list but maybe my graphic dimensions are
set
>so I don't know about them. The other buttons in the main icq window do
>have tooltips so that makes it pretty easy to label them.
>
>I did make a script to do some things such as deal with the problem when
>sending to multiple recipients. The ListBox is abnormal in that the check
>marks don't get checked and unchecked as you press the space bar or use
>normal selection methods. You have to physically click on the check mark
>next to the names. So I fixed it where you can just use the space bar.
>
>I also made it so that you can use the space bar on the names in the
contact
>list instead of routing the JawsCursor and clicking to get the menu in case
>you want to send a file or URL.
>
>I am also experimenting with making a script to read the message and copy
it
>to the clipboard as it is read. But I am having to rewrite that as my old
>method was clunky and I was so unfamiliar with the script language that I
>could not do it the proper way.
>
>Most people set a frame around the message area and just read it that way
>but I have found that this isn't really the best way as the message area
can
>change depending on resolution and other things.
>
>I have also created some rather unsophisticated ways of determining whether
>one is online with the server or disconnected...n/a and so forth. I wanted
>to avoid frames for this so I used the NewTextEvent. It works ok but I
have
>not gotten around to fixing a problem where it repeats itself if trying to
>connect and it takes a while. But this is better than not knowing at all.
>
>I want to do a few more things with the script then I would be willing to
>send it to you if no one else has done something better. But whereas most
>people love using ICQ without scripts I have never felt it very Jaws
>friendly without scripts. Sure, if you are just going to read an incoming
>message and do nothing else it is fine. But there are still many other
>areas which are a mess such as the manner in which you read old messages or
>sent messages.
>
>The one problem which has really been unsolvable for me is how to make the
>speech shut up when you do a control+shift+i to read an incoming event. I
>absolutely can not make it stop reading the title and the "reply" button.
I
>don't know where this is triggered. I know it is not in the NewTextEvent
as
>I have tried turning everything off with no success. I toyed with the idea
>of tying the SpeechOff () function to the Control+shift+i script but have
>been reluctant to do this. And I don't even know if that would work right
>as it might still read when I turned it back on.
>
>
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