David,
ExecuteHotkey hkReadToEnd
executes the read to end hot key regardless of what its key combination is.
Assuming this is the only edit box in your app I would connect to
OnChildFocus and do the following.
Sub OnChildfocus(oFocused)
If oFocused.Type = wtEdit Then
' You may want to use Silence or Speak ""
' here to cut off automatic speech.
ExecuteHotkey hkReadToEnd
End If
End Sub
Hth,
Tom
On 2/19/2016 1:54 AM, David via Scripting wrote:
Hey listers,
Got a tiny issue here, hoping someone would happen to have an idea for a
fix.
I have a dialog, with a few controls. One of them, is an ReadOnly
Editbox, which will automatically be updated by the app, through its
execution.
To describe it a bit more, this is in the User's Guide section of my
app. I have the treeview at top of the screen, and the edit box holding
the actual contents of the chapter just beneath it. This way, the user
can scroll through the chapter headings, in the top control, and then
simply press Tab, to get to the contents of the chapter. Shift-Tab, and
you are back in the Table Of Contents, and can choose your next topic
for reading.
Everything works just fine, except from this one minor issue. When the
cursor lands on the ReadOnly edit box holding the chapter contents, the
speech randomly reads all the contents, and sometimes only the first
couple of lines of the box. Is there any quick fix for this? Or, should
I let the user have to manually either arrow through the text, or press
the Read-to-end hotkey. Is there any "Auto-Read" feature for an edit box?
Don¨'t know, why the speech sometimes reads all the text, and other
times only part of it. But wish there was a way to make it as seamless
for the user as possible. If no auto-read feature currently exists,
maybe the AISquare staff could consider having such a feature
implemented. And, if anyone has a workaround with a few lines of coding,
I am all ears.
OK, I guess, I could have the app simulate the Read-to-end hotkey,
whenever the edit box gets focused. Yet, how could I ensure that this
would work, even if the user has changed the standard of Ctrl-Shift-R,
for this hotkey? Is there an underlaying instruction in the app coding,
for "invoking this feature of the screen reader directly?
Thanks for all your feedback on the matter. Not a big deal, but still
would be great to have it worked out, if possible.
aut
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