Thanks a lot Chip! Yes, I did know of this possibility for WE build-in functionality and was hoping that there are ways to do the same for apps hotkeys or functionality. Martin his suggestion will work for now.
Best regards, Ralf Ralf Heinrich Kefferpuetz Web: http://www.keffi.eu Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Keffi.eu Germany -----Original Message----- From: Chip Orange [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: calling WE functions or hotkeys from an external program Hi Ralph and Martin, As far as I know, Martin's example is the best way to do this when you have a specific keystroke you'd like executed (especially if that keystroke activates some app's functionality). I just wanted to mention there is an alternative, when what you want done is to execute some built-in WE functionality; this alternative is especially useful when people may have changed the hotkey associated with the functionality. In my example below, I show how you could execute some WE functionality (such as read line) not by inserting the keystroke usually used to read a line (control numericpad center), but by telling WE to execute the functionality by its name instead of by the keystroke: Set we = CreateObject("WindowEyes.Application") WE.application.executeHotkey hkLine ' this does the same as inserting a control-numericpad center hth, Chip > -----Original Message----- > From: martin webster [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 3:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: calling WE functions or hotkeys from an external program > > Hi Ralf, > Try this, I'm not sure if this is what you want, but this > snippet will execute the hotkey insert "t", the time and date > window-eyes hotkey running as an external app written in > VBScript. Just press enter on what ever you decide to call > the snippet and it should run. you need window-eyes 7.5 to > run this though. > begin snippet: > Set we = CreateObject("WindowEyes.Application") > set MyHotkey = we.Keyboard.Key("Insert-t") wscript.Sleep 2000 > MyHotkey.Insert() > wscript.Sleep 1000 > we.Speech.Speak "all done exiting script" > > Hope this helps. > Warm regards. > Martin Webster. > I.T. team leader for Kirklees visual impairment network. > > > --- On Mon, 5/21/12, Ralf Kefferpuetz > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Ralf Kefferpuetz <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: calling WE functions or hotkeys from an > external program > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Monday, May 21, 2012, 4:04 PM > > Hello Bruce, > > > > many thanks for that. Let me make myself a bit more clear. > > What I want to > > achieve is the following: > > 1) I have WE apps running with hotkeys assigned to their functions, > > which is a normal app hotkey behavior. The user can execute these > > functions by pressing the defined hot key. > > 2) now I want to execute this functions from an external program > > either by firing the hotkey or by calling the global > function in the > > app In your example you are using the version method, which comes > > directly from the WE object, but how to execute an app > defined hotkey > > or global function? > > Here is a small example, see this tiny app: > > Set myHotkey = Keyboard.RegisterHotkey("Control-f12", > > "InsertDate") > > function InsertDate() > > Keyboard.InsertString Time & " on " & > > FormatDateTime(Date,1) > > End function > > Now, is it possible to fire the Control-F12 hotkey or the function > > InsertDate() from within a program? > > I'm not sure if I could make it a bit more clear. > > > > Regards, > > Ralf > > > > Ralf Heinrich Kefferpuetz > > Web: http://www.keffi.eu > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Keffi.eu Germany > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: BT [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:12 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: calling WE functions or hotkeys from an > external program > > > > > > Hi Ralf, > > > > Just use the create object from your calling > > app in the format such as > > below. This is the python comtypes call and what ever you > > use as your com > > types method is the format you must use. > > Note the individual method is after the first > > period. > > > > WeTts = CreateObject( "windoweyes.application") > > weVersion = WeTts.Version > > WeTts.Speech.Speak (" The version of we is: %s" % > > weVersion) > > > > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:10 AM > > Subject: calling WE functions or hotkeys from an external > > program > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm looking for a way to call hotkeys, or functions, from WE > > apps in an > > external program. > > An example for reading the active window would be: > > WindowEyes.Application.ExecuteHotkey(130) > > So, can an app register an unique hotkey ID? > > Are there other ways to access an function in a public > > running app? > > > > Many thanks for your ideas, > > Ralf > > > > Ralf Heinrich Kefferpuetz > > Web: http://www.keffi.eu > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Keffi.eu > > Germany > > > > > > >
