OK guys check this out.:
To have multiple JFW users accessing their own individual settings on one
machine, either a) install the program multiple times into multiple
directories, or b) do the following:
Have User 1 go through the Config Manager for default.jcf as well as the Jaws
Voices Menu, making any desired changes. Save the default.jcf file to a handy
place, like c:\userjfw, renaming it to user1.jcf . Then have User 2 make any
desired changes in Config Man & Voices Menu & save the results as
c:\userjfw\user2.jcf . Repeat until all users have personal .jcf files.
Create a series of simple batch files user1.bat, user2.bat, etc. For example,
mine might look like:
@echo off
copy c:\userjfw\pat.jcf c:\jfw32\settings\enu\default.jcf
c:\jfw32\jfw.exe
You can create shortcuts for these & add them to the JFW section of the Start
Menu or the Desktop. Add hotkeys if you like. Make sure the "Close on Exit"
box
in the shortcut properties is checked. Otherwise the batch files will leave a
DOS window open after they have run.
If users wish to make config changes after this system is in place, they will
have to remember to change their userx.jcf file. On the other hand, you might
want to make the files read-only to prevent any malicious tampering with other
people's files (which would also prevent people making permanent changes to
their own files).
If the users have application-specific .jcf files they would like to load,
these could be saved to a directory & put in place by more copy commands in
the
batch file. This could get messy, since it would become difficult to tell
whose
version of which files were running. So a Restore Defaults batch file would
probably be needed.
In any case, I just tried this on my system & it works: I can load separate
synth & Braille settings & switch back & forth between them without any
problems (being careful to unload one instance of JFW before loading another).
If anyone can suggest improvements to this scheme, they would be welcome.
If this has all been done before & better, please tell me quietly off list.
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Patrick
At 09:54 PM 5/14/99 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Can students have customized settings files for JFW which can be loaded
> with a hot key? Some students need to hear each key stroke, while others
> need only to hear menu options. This is a simplified version of why I
want
> to do this but you get the idea.
Patrick J. Burke
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University of California
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The Disabilities & Computing Program
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