This is a great script to add, but how come you can't make one of these
for windows 95? I still many of us use windows 95, and most likely will be
till possibly the 2,000 new micro soft program comes out.
At 08:14 AM 5/1/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
>If you're using JFW3.3 beta, here is a routine that announces "Please
>wait..." when the Hour glass cursor shape is visible, and "Ready" when the
>cursor returns active again. I'm working on a routine that will announce
>the "Please wait..." message about every 5-seconds or so, for as long as the
>hour glass is displayed, giving the user a verbal indication that the system
>is busy and not locked up.
>
>1) Hit Insert+6 to load the Configuration Manager, then Control+Shift+D to
>load the default configuration file.
>2) Hit Alt+S to get the Settings menu displayed, then hit "C" to get into
>the Cursor menu.
>3) Check the Notify when cursor changes option and whack Enter.
>4) Hit Alt+F4 and answer "Yes" to the "Save changes" prompt.
>
>Now, we'll need to add a couple of lines in the default script file.
>1) Hit Control+Shift+0 to launch the Script Manager with the default script
>file loaded.
>2) Hit F2 until you hear the script name "SayCursorChanges".
>3) Arrow down to the "If/Then" statement that reads:
>
>If (GlobalCursorType =="normal") then
>Say (msg275, ot_cursor) ;"Arrow Cursor"
>
>and place a semicolon in front of the "Say(Msg275," line, then add this line
>underneath that one:
>
>SayString("Ready")
>
>Now, when the cursor becomes active again, you'll hear it announce "Ready".
>
>4) Now, to do the same with the hour glass cursor shape, arrow down until
>you reach the "If/Then" statement that reads:
>
>If (GlobalCursorType =="WAIT") then
> Say (msg276a, ot_cursor)
>
>and place a semicolon at the beginning of the "Say(Msg276," line.
>5) Now, add the following line underneath that line:
>
>SayString("Please wait...")
>
>6) Hit Control+S to compile the script file with these new changes.
>
>Now, when the hour glass appears, you'll hear "Please wait...", and "Ready"
>when the hour glass disappears!
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Thanks,
>Dennis Brown, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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