It works for windows95 or windows98. However, it only works for jfw3.3, not
earlier versions.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: scott fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, May 01, 1999 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: Please Wait...message.
>
>
>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]
>>
>>
>>
>>-
>>Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
>>
>>
> Scott "Mr. Flo control Fish.net
>
>He who walks in the shadows of darkness must tip-toe by the landminds of no
>mercy, set by the guides that lay it there fresh in the mornings dew.
>
>-
>Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
>
-
Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
