Hi Keith,

GW has their own wiki, and it's address is http://gwmicro.com/wiki

there you will find part 1 and part 2 of an article I've started designed to
help beginning scripters.

In the first part are some links to various online VBScript tutorials, and
I'd recommend following those links, or searching out your own.

As much as we all want to help here, it makes little sense for us to
reinvent the wheel (I mean, teach you VBScript when many other people have
already attempted to do this).

when you feel you've got a grasp on VBScript, that's a good time to come
here and ask questions, read the wiki, and download the various scripts
mentioned in part 1 of my article which are designed to help you learn to
script.

Yes, the framework script is one of them; it's great because by having you
answer a few questions regarding what you intend, it can produce a basic
working script for you, with a lot of the hardest, window-eyes specific,
parts already written for you; just ready for you to expand on.

I wasn't sure from your post if you felt like you could already program in
VBScript or not, so if you do, in addition to Tom's suggestions and the wiki
articles with all the resources they point to, you can also just download
some scripts and start looking at them.  they too can be a good learning
experience, especially the simpler ones.

Also, do you live in a city where GW is coming to teach their scripting
class?  you could consider taking it if so, and trying to convince them to
sell you a recorded version if not.  I've always thought selling the
recorded audio of their classes would be very helpful.

good luck,

Chip
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Hinton [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 10:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Window-Eyes Script Writing

Hi,
I learn best through audio examples mainly recordings, etc that demonstrate
tasks, even ones like Window-Eyes scripting.
I have a grasp not an extremely detailed grasp, I will be the first to
admit, but enough of a grasp on the visual basic scripting language to write
VBS scripts for Window-Eyes.
I have listened to a few audio files, such as the CSun files where Aaron and
Doug demonstrated in that four hour training session some of the scripting
concepts, including the beginnings of how to write one.
I had some trouble following along with it though due to the number of
computers talking all at once.
:)
Recently, while browsing through the scripting repository on GW Micro's
Script Central Platform, I noticed a Scripting framework script.
I was curious if this would be a good starting point as it presents dialog
boxes to the user for writing scripts?
I find the idea of entering a text editor and typing out common blocks of
commands as if I were a computer, somewhat repetitive.
Any other suggestions?
I listened to Jeff Bishups ACB Radio presentation and thought that he was
going to do something on how to write scripts in an audio form.wich I think
that some well-known scriptor of Window-Eyes should consider doing, as
detailed as the Jim Snowbarger searies was on JAWS for Windows scripting.
Maybe something that spans 5 or 6 episodes of MP3 recordings, wich each
going into more and more topics, ranging from the most basic speak "Hello
World" example, to the most difficult task possible with Window-Eyes
scripting as it stands today?
Curious on that one.
Let me know!
At any rait, I think that something like this should be created in an
MP3 format and the lessons archived on the web somewhere, even if payment is
requried to purchase such recordings.
Maybe someone at GW Micro or elsewhere would have an interest in designing
such a thing?
Jeff mentioned something about it, but I haven't seen anything.
Oh and Jeff..I attempted to send you an emial to your [email protected]
address with a few comments about your Skype scripts, as well as on the
Script Central page for those scripts, but haven't seen anything.
Are you still around? :)
Thanks again to all!

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