also even when it is mousey as you put it it provides a lot of good
features. lets explore how this script can help. I am going to look at
two programs I have been using hot spot for accessing for a while. first we
will talk about windows live mail.
as many of you know already gw micro has maid a script for windows live
mail. what it does basicly is get information from msa when it is needed
and reports this information back to the user. this is a wonderful script
in it's own right. how-ever there are just places where it doesn't go far
enough.
in the windows live mail rss reader a wonderful tool let me tell you there
is an option called view on line. this option is only reachable buy using
the mouse pointer. so yes it is mousey here. what I did was set up a hot
spot to move the mouse to this option and click it. that worked wonders
most of the time. but there are times where this little option moves around
the screen so at times I would still have to go looking for it. now with
hot spot 3.0 I can and did add the option to go find this string of text.
now if the option moves hotspot 3.0 will go look for it and then click the
left mouse button on it.
now lets take skype. skype has a wonderful script that gets information
from the skype Api and from msaa to provide you the user with all kinds of
information. this is wonderful but the skype user interface needs a lot of
tabbing from here to there to get things done. with hot spot 3.0 I was able
to cut this down a grait deal. alt+4 move to the chat input box.
this does exactly what it says. it finds the text type message to and once
found click the left mouse button. this drops you right in to the edit box
where you can start typeing to the person selected.
move to chat message list same storry as above exepct that it checks for
show messages and once found clicks the left mouse button. move mouse to
profile well this moves the mouse to the profile information so you select
the person with the arrow keys press alt 6 and your mouse is on the profile
information for that contact. the hot spot presses the space bar finds the
string add people and moves the mouse to the next line. causing the first
line of the profile to be read. this is just a start of what you can do but
I hope it gives you an idea of the ways even with using the mouse how you
can make a program useable and plain more fun.
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From: "Rick Alfaro" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:10 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: HotSpot 3.0 isn't mousy any more, check it out!
The purpose of this post is to encourage folks to take a good look at
HotSpot 3.0. It does a lot more now than move your mouse pointer around
and
click on stuff.
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.
My little example above is just a very simple thing. The ability to
search
for a string as part of a definition along with all of the other action
possibilities coupled with the ability to chain hotspots together makes
this
script an extremely powerful tool so make sure to check it out and give it
a
try.
--Regards,
--Rick alfaro
[email protected]
--Regards,
--Rick alfaro
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