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From:
"Chip Orange" <lists3717@comcast.net>Subject:
RE: text.nextlineDate:
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Jonathin,
I too have had some issues with the accuracy of the text object as it
relates to text returned for a given location. I reported these issues to
GW some time back, and as I recall, it was related to converting from
windows to screen coordinates. In my app I wanted to get the text of the
current line as indicated by the cursor, and something was forcing me to go
through these conversion between units, and I was finding that sometimes the
text object would return an empty line, and I'd have to go up/down by a
pixel or two (after the conversion) before it would return the text of the
current line. As I mention in class 15, it's not an entirely reliable way
to retrieve text; you can often do better using the clips collection. But
if text is what you really need, do try adjusting your position up or down
by just a pixel if you're being returned an empty string, and then try a
second time. This is what I eventually had to do in the "Word Advanced
Features" app in order to get text to give me the text of the current line.
Hth,
Chip
From: Jonathan Cohn [mailto:jon.c.cohn@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan C.
Cohn
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 6:15 PM
To: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com
Subject: Re: text.nextline
Bruce,
Thanks for the class notes from Chip, everybody does have access to these
via the GWMicro web site, though I do appreciate the research efforts.
I was attempting to re-do some examples from jaws training to show to my
co-workers. One of the the labs moves the jaws cursor to the bottom of the
current window and then speaks the information.
I was able to do this fairly easily, but then realized that with the text
object I should be able to get data from any line on the screen without
moving either the mouse or we-cursor.
I got the outline windows rectangle converted that to a screen rectangle and
then asked for the line of text starting at the bottom right of the window.
I was finding that the function was recovering the line just below and to
the left of the current window. I had to remember learn that I needed a
copy of the text object.
I was not able to determine a good method to move just inside of the
outlines edge and just changed my starting point by 20 pixels vertically. I
was hoping that the text.priorline would work but had no success there.
Best wishes,
Jonathan
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;-webkit-line-break: after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jonathin,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I too have had some issues with the accuracy of the text object as it relates to text returned for a given location. I reported these issues to GW some time back, and as I recall, it was related to converting from windows to screen coordinates. In my app I wanted to get the text of the current line as indicated by the cursor, and something was forcing me to go through these conversion between units, and I was finding that sometimes the text object would return an empty line, and I’d have to go up/down by a pixel or two (after the conversion) before it would return the text of the current line. As I mention in class 15, it’s not an entirely reliable way to retrieve text; you can often do better using the clips collection. But if text is what you really need, do try adjusting your position up or down by just a pixel if you’re being returned an empty string, and then try a second time. This is what I eventually had to do in the “Word Advanced Features” app in order to get text to give me the text of the current line.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hth,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jonathan Cohn [mailto:jon.c.cohn@gmail.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jonathan C. Cohn<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 15, 2013 6:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> gw-scripting@gwmicro.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: text.nextline<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bruce,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for the class notes from Chip, everybody does have access to these via the GWMicro web site, though I do appreciate the research efforts.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was attempting to re-do some examples from jaws training to show to my co-workers. One of the the labs moves the jaws cursor to the bottom of the current window and then speaks the information.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was able to do this fairly easily, but then realized that with the text object I should be able to get data from any line on the screen without moving either the mouse or we-cursor.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I got the outline windows rectangle converted that to a screen rectangle and then asked for the line of text starting at the bottom right of the window.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was finding that the function was recovering the line just below and to the left of the current window. I had to remember learn that I needed a copy of the text object. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was not able to determine a good method to move just inside of the outlines edge and just changed my starting point by 20 pixels vertically. I was hoping that the text.priorline would work but had no success there.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>
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Jonathin,
I too have had some issues with the accuracy of the text object as it
relates to text returned for a given location. I reported these issues to
GW some time back, and as I recall, it was related to converting from
windows to screen coordinates. In my app I wanted to get the text of the
current line as indicated by the cursor, and something was forcing me to go
through these conversion between units, and I was finding that sometimes the
text object would return an empty line, and I'd have to go up/down by a
pixel or two (after the conversion) before it would return the text of the
current line. As I mention in class 15, it's not an entirely reliable way
to retrieve text; you can often do better using the clips collection. But
if text is what you really need, do try adjusting your position up or down
by just a pixel if you're being returned an empty string, and then try a
second time. This is what I eventually had to do in the "Word Advanced
Features" app in order to get text to give me the text of the current line.
Hth,
Chip
From: Jonathan Cohn [mailto:jon.c.cohn@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan C.
Cohn
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 6:15 PM
To: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com
Subject: Re: text.nextline
Bruce,
Thanks for the class notes from Chip, everybody does have access to these
via the GWMicro web site, though I do appreciate the research efforts.
I was attempting to re-do some examples from jaws training to show to my
co-workers. One of the the labs moves the jaws cursor to the bottom of the
current window and then speaks the information.
I was able to do this fairly easily, but then realized that with the text
object I should be able to get data from any line on the screen without
moving either the mouse or we-cursor.
I got the outline windows rectangle converted that to a screen rectangle and
then asked for the line of text starting at the bottom right of the window.
I was finding that the function was recovering the line just below and to
the left of the current window. I had to remember learn that I needed a
copy of the text object.
I was not able to determine a good method to move just inside of the
outlines edge and just changed my starting point by 20 pixels vertically. I
was hoping that the text.priorline would work but had no success there.
Best wishes,
Jonathan
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In my app I wanted to get the text of the current line as indicated by the cursor, and something was forcing me to go through these conversion between units, and I was finding that sometimes the text object would return an empty line, and I’d have to go up/down by a pixel or two (after the conversion) before it would return the text of the current line. As I mention in class 15, it’s not an entirely reliable way to retrieve text; you can often do better using the clips collection. But if text is what you really need, do try adjusting your position up or down by just a pixel if you’re being returned an empty string, and then try a second time. This is what I eventually had to do in the “Word Advanced Features” app in order to get text to give me the text of the current line.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hth,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jonathan Cohn [mailto:jon.c.cohn@gmail.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jonathan C. Cohn<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 15, 2013 6:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> gw-scripting@gwmicro.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: text.nextline<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bruce,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for the class notes from Chip, everybody does have access to these via the GWMicro web site, though I do appreciate the research efforts.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was attempting to re-do some examples from jaws training to show to my co-workers. One of the the labs moves the jaws cursor to the bottom of the current window and then speaks the information.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was able to do this fairly easily, but then realized that with the text object I should be able to get data from any line on the screen without moving either the mouse or we-cursor.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I got the outline windows rectangle converted that to a screen rectangle and then asked for the line of text starting at the bottom right of the window.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was finding that the function was recovering the line just below and to the left of the current window. I had to remember learn that I needed a copy of the text object. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was not able to determine a good method to move just inside of the outlines edge and just changed my starting point by 20 pixels vertically. I was hoping that the text.priorline would work but had no success there.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>
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