I agree 100%. There is more power here than folks can imagine. This should definitely be included in the factory scripts.
I'll give an example that I just put together in less than 3 minutes. If you use Outlook 2007, you will know how annoying it is to read an html message. For best results one has to tell Outlook to open the message in your browser. This is normally accomplished by doing the following key sequence. Alt-h then x then v. I just solved my problem by creating a new HotSpot definition that I assigned to Windows o. 1. Make sure you are in Outlook 2007 with an html message open. 2. Bring up the new hotspot dialog, default key is alt control p. 3. Give it a name, I called it "Open in browser". 4. Assign this definition to a key, I used Windows o. 5. Tab over to add action and press enter. 6. Choose insert key from the list of actions and press enter. 7. You will be in a dialog you are used to seeing when defining a new hotkey. Press alt c to capture the keystroke and when prompted to type the key, hit alt h. 8. Repeat the same thing to add x and v as insert key actions. 9. Tab over to add and hit enter. 10. You're done so test it out by hitting Windows o or whatever key you decided to assign this definition to. The html message should now open into your browser with just one keystroke. This works on my system but you may need to tweak this to work on yours by possibly adding a couple of delays. I didn't need to do that however. Within the new hotspot dialog you probably noticed some other edit boxes and buttons that deal with the mouse position. For this example, those can be ignored because this HotSpot does absolutely nothing with the mouse pointer. That in fact, is part of the point of this message. Although HotSpot was originally created to do things with the mouse, that is no longer the case. HotSpot 3.0 goes way beyond that now and gives us a whole lot of power in one easy to use script. Those of us that are not scripters can really do some cool stuff now beyond what was possible with set files. Also, if you are an Adaptive Technology Consultant and have run into situations where set files wouldn't cut it, try using HotSpot 3.0 to possibly create a solution before trying to get a script written. You might be pleasantly surprised. --Regards, --Rick alfaro [email protected] From: Vic Beckley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: hotspot 3.0 is majorlly cool. Aaron, I second the thought that Hot Spot should be included by default with Window-Eyes 7.2. It is one of the most impressive scripts to date! Vic From: Aaron Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:47 PM Cc: gw-info; [email protected] Subject: Re: hotspot 3.0 is majorlly cool. Jim, Glad to hear you're having success with HotSpot. To address your issues: 1. Key Describer - That was an oversight on my part. I'll get that fixed. 2. Old HotSpots - Correct. They don't port over. I mention that in the package information dialog during the installation. It seemed to me that it was more work that necessary since I don't think this script was used by that many people in past versions. 3. Adding Actions while Adding HotSpots - You should definitely be able to add actions when adding a HotSpot, as that's how I did all my testing. Can you give me any more detail? Thanks for the feedback. Aaron On 4/7/2010 3:18 PM, jim grimsby Jr. wrote: HI, BEEN PLAYING WITH THIS SCRIPT FOR A WHILE NOW AND IT IS MAJORLLY COOL!!!!! with windows live mail using the find string feature the view online button is always found to open rss articals. maid moving around the skype user interface a breaze. just two name two things I have done with it so far. ok now I hate to do it but I have to point out a few things here. not really bad things but things that might need to be addressed. please note I hate to do it because I love this script so much. first while in the key describer the hot spot script should not act on hot spots keys. what it should do is say the name of the hot spot and indicate that it is a hot spot. for example view online hotspot. ok old hot spots don't carry out the acctions defined you have to add the actions back buy using the hot spot manager. also adding actions while adding a hot spot doesn't seem to work. you can only add actions from the hot spot manager. other then that man it is wonderful. oh one more thing I think this script should be included buy default in window-eyes 7.2. it is an enhancement that most users are going to want. 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