I'm looking for a way to measure the number of times a child scrolls when
reading text, during a 30 minute period, for some reserach in comprehension
of texts on the computer screen.

Hi Francis:

OK, to do this it's Windows you need to work on, not Word.

The area you are getting into is a technically complex area known as User
Interface Instrumentation. So I am cross-posting your message into the
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui group, where someone will be able to
help you.

See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups...t.public.win32
..programmer.ui

When I say that this is a "technically complex area", don't let me scare you
off. This problem has been solved many times: many of the trojan viruses
used to steal passwords and bank account logins employ exactly this
technology.

However, if you are not used to programming Microsoft Windows applications,
I would enlist the help of a developer to put this together for you. Your
University's Computer Science department will have several students who can
put this together for you in less than a week. Alternatively, software
testing tools such as WinRunner and IBM's Rational Test Suite have this
functionality built-in (at a price that would terrify an oil Sheik...).

Hope this helps

On 25/1/06 1:25 AM, in article
, "frances51"
wrote:

I'm looking for a way to measure the number of times a child scrolls when
reading text, during a 30 minute period, for some reserach in comprehension
of texts on the computer screen.

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

Thank you so much!
I will try your suggestions.

Thanks again

Frances

"John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote:

Hi Francis:

OK, to do this it's Windows you need to work on, not Word.

The area you are getting into is a technically complex area known as User
Interface Instrumentation. So I am cross-posting your message into the
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui group, where someone will be able to
help you.

See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups...t.public.win32
..programmer.ui

When I say that this is a "technically complex area", don't let me scare you
off. This problem has been solved many times: many of the trojan viruses
used to steal passwords and bank account logins employ exactly this
technology.

However, if you are not used to programming Microsoft Windows applications,
I would enlist the help of a developer to put this together for you. Your
University's Computer Science department will have several students who can
put this together for you in less than a week. Alternatively, software
testing tools such as WinRunner and IBM's Rational Test Suite have this
functionality built-in (at a price that would terrify an oil Sheik...).

Hope this helps

On 25/1/06 1:25 AM, in article
, "frances51"
wrote:

I'm looking for a way to measure the number of times a child scrolls when
reading text, during a 30 minute period, for some reserach in comprehension
of texts on the computer screen.

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410