Yes, absolutely, if you get the object for the application (from either getObject or CreateObject()) you should then be able to create event handlers for it's events.
It would really help me if you would post the script which fails, and the script which works, in the same email, and indicate for each whether you're running them under WSH or VBS from WE. Thanks. Chip From: Jonathan C. Cohn [mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 11:48 AM To: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com Subject: Re: GetObject syntax / function Chip, Yes I meant that I was using the Windows scripting host. The script was just a quick test to see if I could load the current Reflection2.Session object and obtain cursor information. If you look at my earlier post I included all 4 to 5 lines. I Then took that script, removed the CreateObject(, "WindowsEyes.Application") and the "We." variable containing the WindowEyes object and ran it in the WindowEyes Scripting Host at this point the script failed on the GetObject call with a second parameter of "Reflection2.Session" If I do get the GetObject to return the active Reflection terminal session do you think I will be able to create EventHandlers associated with Reflection events? I expect not, but I don't feel I have a good understanding of how Microsoft automation allows access to a completely separate application and yet maintain security for the user. Jonathan On Oct 11, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Chip Orange <lists3...@comcast.net> wrote: Jonathin, When you say "double-clicking the vbs works" do you mean using Windows Script Host? If so, take note of my previous post where the syntax is different when running a vbs from Window-Eyes; you have to remove any WScript. Prefixes you see on any function calls before you can run that code inside of WE. Hth, Chip From: Jonathan C. Cohn [mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 11:49 AM To: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com Subject: Re: GetObject syntax / function Bruce, My apologies, I don't understand how the command line arguments sync with using the GetObject with no first argument. Can you provide some pointers on that? Also, remember that double clicking a vbs script with GetObject works correctly in obtaining a copy of the current Reflection session, but adding this VBS into WE Environment and then running it fails with the Can't create Active X Object error. Thanks, Jonathan On Oct 10, 2014, at 2:33 PM, LBX < <mailto:lab...@fltg.net> lab...@fltg.net> wrote: Hi Jonathan When using this program there are issues for the path, including placing path in quotes. Below is the link and tech blog on these issues, especially running VB and such. Bruce <http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2441.html> http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2441.html Switch Support in Reflection for HP, UNIX, OpenVMS, or ReGIS The following switches are supported by R1Win.exe, R2Win.exe, and R4Win.exe. /FMIGRATE Causes the Reflection F-Secure Migration Wizard to display before Reflection starts. /LAYOUT <layout file> Opens Reflection using the information contained in the layout file (*.rlo). /N Suppresses the display of the Reflection startup screen. /NOCONNECT Loads the connection information but doesn't automatically make the connection. You would want to use this switch, for example, if you wanted to make changes to connection settings in a settings file before connecting. /NOLOADSETTINGS Specifies that the default settings file, or any other settings file specified, is not loaded. This forces Reflection to load with its factory default values or site default values, depending on how it's configured. /RB <command> Where <command> is a Visual Basic command. Although the switch is called /RB, the Visual Basic compiler is used, not the older Reflection Basic compiler. This startup switch is identical to /VBA. /RBS <script file name> [<script argument>] Where <script file name> is a Reflection Basic script. /RCL <command> Where <command> is a Reflection command language command. /RCLS <command language file name> [<command file argument>] Where <command language file name> is a Reflection command language file (*.rcl). /S <settings file> Where <settings file> is the name of a settings file to load. When you specify multiple settings files, each successive one overwrites the previous settings. In the following example, the settings in the Second settings file will overwrite any toolbar settings that were in the First settings file. "C:\Program Files\Attachmate\Reflection\R2win.exe" /S First.r2w /S Second.r2w If your settings file name includes spaces, quotes are required. For example: "C:\Program Files\Attachmate\Reflection\r2win.exe" /S "C:\My path\My Settings.r2w" If you use a UNC path for the file, it must begin with 3 backslashes. (The /S switch can be omitted for the first settings file if it does not contain spaces.) /U <path> Where <path> designates what your user folder will be for the current session. If no path is provided, the user folder that was designated at Setup will be used. /VBA <command> Where <command> is a Visual Basic command. This startup switch is identical to /RB. Use quotation marks around path names and/or commands that include spaces. Use a double set of quotation marks for macro data contained within other quotation marks, for example: "C:\Program Files\Attachmate\Reflection\R2win.exe" /VBA ".ConnectionType = ""TELNET"" " /VBA .Connect /W <telnet URL> Opens Reflection from a telnet URL, such as in a web browser (see also Technical Note 2307 ). If you have multiple startup switches, then the /W switch must be the last switch in the string. Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 7:28 AM Subject: Re: GetObject syntax / function Chip, Thanks for the advice in a later post I showed code that I ran directly with the vbs system doing a GetObject of Reflection2.Session and CreateObject of WindowEyes.Application. This code worked and WindowEyes spoke the current X coordinate of the cursor. I then commented out the CreateObject and ran the same script in the WindowEyes script host and the GetObject on the first line failed to execute. Bruce suggested I look at environment variables but I thought Object Name translation was done via registry and I don' know the specific place to look. The binary is called "r2win.exe' Best wishes, Jonathan On Oct 9, 2014, at 7:03 AM, Chip Orange < <mailto:lists3...@comcast.net> lists3...@comcast.net> wrote: BTW, class # 16 (when I did a quick search), seems to include a discussion of getObject(). Hth, Chip From: Chip Orange [ <mailto:lists3...@comcast.net> mailto:lists3...@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 6:52 AM To: <mailto:gw-scripting@gwmicro.com> gw-scripting@gwmicro.com Subject: RE: GetObject syntax / function Hi Jonathan, There's a trick to use of GetObject(); it does have two parameters, but the first parameter should not be a null string, but should be omitted entirely if what you want is to obtain a pointer to any currently running copy of this application object (see my Word Advanced Features app, which does this, rather than start up a second copy of Word). For instance: Set WordApp = getObject(, "word.application") Then, if it ends up returning nothing, you can then use CreateObject() to start the application. As Steve says, this is standard VBScript, so you can search the internet for all information on it. Hth, Chip From: Jonathan C. Cohn [ <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com> mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 7:22 AM To: <mailto:gw-scripting@gwmicro.com> gw-scripting@gwmicro.com Subject: GetObject syntax / function I am having issues reproducing a GetObject() command I am using in a JAWS script to work in WindowEyes. In JAWS GetObject(R"eflection.Session"). Note that in JAWS this takes just one argument. After invoking this command I can act directly with the scriptable objects of the current session. In VBS with WindowEyes the GetObject requires two parameters, where the second parameter appears to be equivalent to the parameter that JAWS uses. If I use a null string for the first parameter then Reflection creates a new hidden window. If I use the path of the Reflections settings file then I get a new session to the host. If I leave the first parameter completely blank, I get back an ActiveX error. What am I missing here? Thanks in advance for any hints.Best wishes, Jonathan _____ <http://www.avast.com/> This email is free from viruses and malware because <http://www.avast.com/> avast! Antivirus protection is active.
