Making Custom Controls Accessible

These articles provide an overview of Microsoft technologies that can be used to make a custom control accessible. Techniques range from creating or overriding properties with Dynamic Annotation, to using the new IAccessibleEx interface to add UI Automation support to controls that already support Microsoft Active Accessibility.

• Making Custom Controls Accessible: Getting Started
  
• Making Custom Controls Accessible, Part 1: Using Dynamic Annotation
  
• Making Custom Controls Accessible, Part 2: Implementing MSAA for a Simple Control
  
• Making Custom Controls Accessible, Part 3: Implementing MSAA for a Complex Control
  
• Making Custom Controls Accessible, Part 4: Implementing UI Automation
  
• Making Custom Controls Accessible, Part 5: Using IAccessibleEx to Add UI Automation Support to a Custom Control