Hello Stacy,
You can do what you want with this ScriptTip:
ScriptTip#110: CopyTextFromScreen.
Synopsis: Copys specified text from screen.
Description: Grabs designated text from screen and writes it to the
clipboard.
Remarks: JFW has a couple of functions that will retrieve
certain text from the screen, and hold it in a buffer, ready for use in
some other function/script. These functions are GetCharacter(),
GetWord(), GetLine(), and GetWindowText().
Their names pretty much describe the amount of text they will retrieve from
the current cursor's position on the screen, and they are presented in a
menu that you can choose from. They are neat for grabbing items like
names, phone numbers, web site addresses, etc!
This script uses the CopyToClipboard() script to place the desired text
onto the clipboard for pasting into a suitable place.
It is important to note that any material already in the clipboard gets
replaced by this script!
Example: Have you ever wanted to grab a phone number from the
screen, or an internet address, or e-mail address, and wasn't in an edit
session where you could mark the desired text and copy it to the clipboard?
This script will allow you to grab the text, even if you are not in an edit
session, where the Copy, Cut, and Paste options within the Edit menu are
not available!
For example, you're in an application that displays the phone number to the
developer's Technical Support department, or the URL to their Support web
site, and want to save that info for later referencing, you could move to
the desired text with one of the Jaws cursors, and invoke the
GrabTextFromScreen script to write that text to the Windows clipboard. You
can then paste that info to a safe place later.
How much material you can save is dependent upon the menu item you select,
once you've moved the PC, Jaws, or Invisible cursor to the target text, and
the hotkey for this script is pressed.
We'll want this script available, regardless of what application is
running, so we'll place it into the Default.jss script file.
Compatibility: JFW3.2 and higher.
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1. Hit Control+Shift+0 to launch the Script Manager with the
default.jss file loaded into the editor.
2. Hit Control+End to reach the bottom of this file, then hit Enter a
few times to give yourself room to work.
3. Type in, or cut and paste, the following script:
;Grabs text from screen and writes it to clipboard.
Script CopyTextFromScreen ()
Var ;create a couple variables to hold the text.
string Char, ; will hold the current character at the cursor.
string Word, ;will hold the current word.
string Line, ;will hold the current line.
string Window, ;will hold current window's text.
String MyMenu, ;text for menu display.
Int index ; will hold menu item number.
;First, assign the text at the current active cursor's position
;to the appropriate variables.
let Char=GetCharacter()
let Word=GetWord()
let Line=GetLine()
let Window=GetWindowText(GetFocus(),FALSE)
;Now, create menu.
let MyMenu="|Character" +
"|Word" +
"|Line" +
"|Current window"
Let index=DlgSelectItemInList (MyMenu, "Copy text from screen menu", False)
;Ok, take the menu item you selected and run it through these condition
;statements to execute the appropriate associated tasks!
If (index==1) then ;You want to save just a single character?
CopyToClipboard (Char) ;Ok, put that character onto the clipboard.
Say(Char,ot_string) ;Announce what you just saved!
ElIf (index==2 ) then ;You want to save just the current word?
CopyToClipboard (Word) ;Ok, place it onto the clipboard,
Say(Word,ot_string) ;and announce that word.
ElIf (index==3 ) then ;You want to save the current line?
CopyToClipboard (Line) ;Ok, place that line onto the clipboard,
Say(Line,ot_string) ;and announce the line.
ElIf (index==4 ) then ;So you want the entire window?
CopyToClipboard (Window) ;Ok, place it onto the clipboard,
Say(Window,ot_string) ;and announce the window.
EndIf
EndScript
4) While in this script, hit Control+D to edit it's properties.
5) Tab down through the fields, making sure that the "Can be assigned to
key.." is checked, and fill in the "Synopsis:" and "Description:" fields.
6) Tab to the "Assign to keystroke..." field and hit whatever key
combination you want to use to trigger this script, such as Alt+Control+G.
7) Tab to, then select Ok, and when back in the editor, hit Control+S to
compile the modifications.
You may need to recycle JFW from memory before the changes are activated.
Hope this helps!
Thanks,
Dennis Brown, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
June 17, 1999
----- Original Message -----
From: Stacy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 4:10 PM
Subject: Copying From The JAWS Cursor
> Why can't one copy information from the JAWS cursor to the clipboard?
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> Stacy.
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