VBScript to autoIt conversion

[martin42]

Hi all,

Can somebody help me to convert the following VBScript to AutoIt. I think I could manage most of it myself but haven't worked out how to use the ObjEvent function in this situation. I am connecting to the windoweyes.application, and registering a hotkey via window-eyes com object. For thoughs who don't know, Window-eyes is a screenreader for the blind. Where can I find the VBScript converter tool I can't seem to find it anythere?. Please help.

Begin VBScript:

Dim MyHotKey, keyFlag

keyFlag = False

Set WE = CreateObject("WindowEyes.Application")

set MyHotKey = WE.Keyboard.RegisterHotkey("control-shift-c", GetRef("helloWorld"))

While Not keyFlag

wscript.Sleep 100

Wend

WE.Speech.Speak "all done, thanks for playing"

Sub helloWorld()

WE.Speech.Speak "hello world"

keyFlag = True

End Sub

Thanks for any help here.

Warm regards.

Martin Webster.

[PsaltyDS]

You don't actually need any event processing. Just use the native HotKeySet() function (see help file):

Global $MyHotKey, $keyFlag, $WE

$keyFlag = False
$WE = ObjCreate("WindowEyes.Application")
HotKeySet("^+c", "helloWorld")

While Not $keyFlag
    Sleep(100)
WEnd
$WE.Speech.Speak("all done, thanks for playing")

Func helloWorld()
    $WE.Speech.Speak("hello world")
    $keyFlag = True
EndFunc   ;==>helloWorld

[martin42]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, but there may be times when I need window-eyes to handle the function, this is of course not one of thoughs situations, but if I wanted window-eyes to handle the helloWorld function, via the Keyboard Object and RegisterHotkey property, then how do I do this using the ObjEvent function?. I will try and give you a scenario where this could be needed , I may have to have absolute control of the speech output, and therefore have to tell window-eyes to SHUTUP!!!!. smile, sorry this is not a good example, in fact I'd say it's rubbish if I heard it from anybody else smile LOL. Sometimes it would just be better to let window-eyes handle events. If you could give me another lesson with the ObjEvent function, that would be cool. Thanks again so much.

Warm regards.

Martin Webster.

[PsaltyDS]

I can't test it, but I would guess the AutoIt equivalent of GetRef() in your original script would be DllCallbackRegister() followed by DllCallbackGetPtr(). You would pass that pointer to WindowEyes to call the function.

[martin42]

I can't test it, but I would guess the AutoIt equivalent of GetRef() in your original script would be DllCallbackRegister() followed by DllCallbackGetPtr(). You would pass that pointer to WindowEyes to call the function.

Hi Mellow,

I'll look at the help docs for the DLL functions you mentioned all though for now I think I'll just let autoIt handle things. It's a great scripting language I am really pleased with it so far. Thanks for your help.

Warm regards.

Martin Webster.