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Script issue on getting text

שמואל רטבי
 

Hello all

Thank you to allwhose help was very useful so far.

In the following lines of script, I try to get text at the caret position :

                                FO = api.getFocusObject()

                                T = FO.makeTextInfo(textInfos.POSITION_CARET)

                                T.expand(textInfos.UNIT_WORD)

                                The Word = T.text

 

If the caret happens not to be at some character position, the expression

T.text

Causes an error (something like :

Invalid NVDAObject start point… or so

What is the simplest way to catch the error before it occurs and have TheWord = "Nothing at cursor position"

Note : I tried "Try" but I don't get out of it without some bones broken…

Thanks in advance

Shmuel

 
Noelia Ruiz
 

Hello: One of the possibilities maybe:

try:
                                T = FO.makeTextInfo(textInfos.POSITION_CARET)
                                T.expand(textInfos.UNIT_WORD)
                                The Word = T.text

except Exception as e (or probably better Except NotImplementedError):
ui.message"No word at caret position").

Hope this helps.


2021-02-21 17:02 GMT+01:00, שמואל רטבי <shretbi@gmail.com>:

Hello all

Thank you to allwhose help was very useful so far.

In the following lines of script, I try to get text at the caret position :

FO = api.getFocusObject()

T =
FO.makeTextInfo(textInfos.POSITION_CARET)

T.expand(textInfos.UNIT_WORD)

The Word = T.text



If the caret happens not to be at some character position, the expression

T.text

Causes an error (something like :

Invalid NVDAObject start point. or so

What is the simplest way to catch the error before it occurs and have
TheWord = "Nothing at cursor position"

Note : I tried "Try" but I don't get out of it without some bones broken.

Thanks in advance

Shmuel
שמואל רטבי
 

Thanks Noelia
Of course "this" helps, as usual...
Shmuel

-----Original Message-----
From: nvda-addons@nvda-addons.groups.io <nvda-addons@nvda-addons.groups.io> On Behalf Of Noelia Ruiz
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2021 6:56 PM
To: nvda-addons@nvda-addons.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda-addons] Script issue on getting text

Hello: One of the possibilities maybe:

try:
T = FO.makeTextInfo(textInfos.POSITION_CARET)
T.expand(textInfos.UNIT_WORD)
The Word = T.text

except Exception as e (or probably better Except NotImplementedError):
ui.message"No word at caret position").

Hope this helps.


2021-02-21 17:02 GMT+01:00, שמואל רטבי <shretbi@gmail.com>:
Hello all

Thank you to allwhose help was very useful so far.

In the following lines of script, I try to get text at the caret position :

FO = api.getFocusObject()

T =
FO.makeTextInfo(textInfos.POSITION_CARET)

T.expand(textInfos.UNIT_WORD)

The Word = T.text



If the caret happens not to be at some character position, the expression

T.text

Causes an error (something like :

Invalid NVDAObject start point. or so

What is the simplest way to catch the error before it occurs and have
TheWord = "Nothing at cursor position"

Note : I tried "Try" but I don't get out of it without some bones broken.

Thanks in advance

Shmuel
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