What about the bottom edg event function.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: Changing JFW's Listview behaviour
> Hi Jonathan,
> Yes, you can, but it causes such a delay in the movement keys,
> UpArrow/DownArrow, that it isn't worth it--but I'm still working on it!
> The delay comes with having to do the following sequence with each press
of
> the direction keys:
> 1) Get current position/item info and store it in a variable. In this
> example, we'll call this variable "CurrentLocation".
> (Functions available: GetWord/GetLine, GetCursorPosition, GetCursorCol,
> GetCursorRow).
> 2) Move in the desired direction with the Up/Down arrow.
> 3) Read the new line.
> 4) Compare the new position/item with the previous line's info in
> CurrentLocation variable.
> (Functions available: same as in step#1 to retrieve the new info, then a
> simple "If/Then" statement to test the new info.
> "If NewInfo == OldInfo Then...)
> 5) If it matches, then you've reached a boundary, so read the line again,
> or have it announce a boundary message, (i.e. "Top" or "Bottom").
> (so if it isn't the same, then continue...)
> If not the same, start at item#1 and save the current position/item in the
> CurrentLocation variable, replacing the previous location info, and
process
> the whole set again.
>
> The delay is needed between moving to the new position/item, and comparing
> the new data to the old data. Without the delay, it sometimes doesn't
give
> JFW time to fully focus on the new item, causing it to compare the
previous
> item with the previous item, and giving the false notification that you
have
> reached a boundary!
> You've also got to check that you are indeed in some type of list before
> letting the process execute--you wouldn't want it to do this in an edit
box,
> or dialog, etc.
>
> I've tried just checking the current cursor row with the previous cursor
> row, (with the GetCursorRow), and if it didn't change, that would indicate
> that the item you are on is the first or last item in the list. The
problem
> was quickly noticed when a list had more items than could fit on a single
> screen; when scrolling a list down beyond the current screen within a
> list-type control, the cursor stops at the bottom of the screen, and the
> list scrolls up to bring the next screen's items into focus! So the
cursor
> row stopped at that location, even though items still scrolled up!
> Since testing the position won't work, I then compared the list's current
> item with the previous item, and without using some delay function to give
> JFW time to focus on the new item, it would constantly compare the
previous
> item with the previous item, since that current item was retrieved with
the
> GetWord, GetLine, GetField, etc., before focus moved from the previous
item!
>
> My hopes are that a future JFW does this at a lower level, possibly
> accessing the needed info within the control itself, possibly checking the
> index of the list before the data output, detecting whether the output is
> the same with previous output.
> I'm still working on it though!
> Thanks,
> Dennis Brown, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jonathan Mosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 6:45 PM
> Subject: Changing JFW's Listview behaviour
>
>
> > Hi folks. I wonder if any of you script experts have some thoughts on
the
> > following.
> >
> > If you use the up or down arrow keys in say an edit control or rich
edit,
> > JFW will ding and speak the last or first line. If you do this in a list
> > view or list box, JFW says absolutely nothing at all. Is there any way I
> can
> > change this so that when up or down arrowing, JFW repeats the first or
> last
> > line respectively in a list control?
> >
> > Jonathan Mosen
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