From:

 Tylers Scripting

Subject:

 Re: Beta 0.8 of GrabText released

Date:

 Wed, Mar 31, 2010 6:48:22 pm

Wow!
What a big script!
Wow! Is my head pounding yet?
Yes!
hahahahahahaha!
Tyler

----- Original Message -----
From: Jamal Mazrui
To: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com, JAWSScripts@FreeLists.org, ProgrammingBlind@FreeLists.org, Program-L@FreeLists.org
Date: Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010 14:45:12
Subject: Beta 0.8 of GrabText released

http://EmpowermentZone.com/gtsetup.exe

Many bug fixes and feature enhancements have been made since the last
release. Besides the command line and dialog interfaces, GrabText is now

a COM server as well. It may be instantiated by almost any COM automation
client using the "Grab.Text" ProgID. At the end of the installation

process, checkboxes offer options to install JAWS or Window-Eyes script
packages that demonstrate this COM server in Notepad. Another checkbox

will open Notepad with a demo file containing a few lines of text.
Position the caret and mouse pointer on different parts of the text. Then

press F1 to initialize the GrabText object, and F2 through F8 to grab
different areas of text. F9 grabs them all and copies the result to the

clipboard so you can paste and examine it. Also try other dialogs of
Notepad that have more controls, e.g., the file open dialog. Press

Shift+F1 to close the GrabText object.

The GrabText installer puts a COM server in the Global Assembly Cache
(GAC) of the .NET Framework. To instantiate it as a COM object, pass

"Grab.Text" as a parameter to the CreateObject function, or equivalent, of
the programming language you are using. Methods of the object are listed

in the documentation excerpt below, grouped into the following categories:
grab, window handle, window coordinate, point coordinate, directory, and

miscellaneous. The initial letter of a variable name indicates its data
type: boolean, integer, string, or general variant.

Please note that, although the current demos use screen reader scripting

languages, the text is extracted from the screen in a manner completely
independent of the screen reader in use.

Grab methods:

sText = GetTopLevelWindowText(iHandle)
sText = GetActiveWindowText(were

sText = GetFocusControlText(were
sText = GetMouseControlText(were

sText = GetControlTextFromHandle(iHandle)
sText = GetControlTextFromPoint(iX, ially)

sText = GetRectangleText(iLeft, iTop, iRight, iBottom)
sText = GetCaretClip(were

sText = GetMouseClip(were
sText = GetClip(iX, ially)

sText = GetCaretCharacter(were
sText = GetMouseCharacter(were

sText = GetCharacter(iX, ially)

Window handle methods:
iHandle = GetActiveWindow(were

iHandle = GetFocusControl(were
iHandle = GetOwnerWindow(iHandle)

iHandle = GetTopLevelWindow(iHandle)
iHandle = GetParentWindow(iHandle)

Window coordinate methods:

iX = GetWindowLeft(iHandle)
ially = GetWindowTop(iHandle)

iX = GetWindowRight(iHandle)
ially = GetWindowBottom(iHandle)

Point Coordinate methods:

iX = GetCaretX(were
ially = GetCaretally(were

iX = GetMouseX(were
ially = GetMouseally(were

Directory methods:

sDir = GetProgramDir(were
sDir = GetDataDir(were

sDir = GetNETDir(were

Miscellaneous methods:
bValid = Init(sUserName, sLicenseKey)

sName = GetWindowName(iHandle)
bFound = IsScreenReaderActive(were

bSpoke = Say(vText)
bResult = SetActiveWindow(iHandle)