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The John Slatin Fund Accessibility ProjectA group of people involved in the field of Web Accessibility has set up a project to honor John Slatin, the former co-chair of the WCAG 2.0 Working Group, and help advance his work in Web Accessibility. From The John Slatin Fund Accessibility Project Web site:
The John Slatin Fund Accessibili... more
Remembering John SlatinJohn Slatin, the former co-chair of the W3C's WCAG 2.0 Working Group, passed away Monday night. John had a profound influence on that standard and on the field of Web Accessibility. It was always a pleasure to work with him and he will be missed. ... more
Want Accessibility Features? Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 has them.I've been waiting for this one. Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is out, and it has features that will make it much easier for Web developers to make their pages accessible.
The one that's getting the most buzz is the new support for the WAI-ARIA spec from the W3C. Internet Explorer 8 uses ARIA role... more
Web Accessibility Challenge open until Monday (3/3/08)The Microsoft Accessibility Labs is sponsoring the W4A Web Accessibility Challenge at the Web 4 All conference in Beijing, April 21-22, 2008.. This contest is open to anyone who has a practical solution for a Web Accessibility issue. You don't have to be a researcher or work for a software company.... more
Getting started with Windows Vista using a keyboardFor the first blog, I wanted share some tips for using just your keyboard to get around Windows Vista. I'm focusing on using the fundamental components of Windows Vista - the parts that appear the first time you log on. I'll break these into 3 parts: 1) moving around the main components, 2... more
| Development for Windows Accessibility and Automation Forum Discuss issues related to using Microsoft technologies to enable accessibility and GUI automation.
UI Spy / UI AutomationHi,I'm new to UI Automation, and so I'm using the tool UI Spy to try and get a feeling of what is possible and what isn't. In the MSDN Library (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa348551.aspx) I can see, that"UI Automation providers are applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel,
and other third-party applications or controls based on the Microsoft
Windows operating system."This sounds great... more
Is XP supported?
I couldn't help noticing that this forum is underneath the classification ‘Development for Vista’.
I only ask because I’m trying to use UI Automation on an XPsp2 device and getting strange results with many of the commands. Intermittent crashes(!) and some very simple methods just do not behave as they should.
Is Microsoft UI Automation supported in XP?
Thanks
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UIspy's strange Behavior on Windows XP and VistaHello, Experts
i have a question about UISpy. when i use it on Windows XP to detect standard windows form control: Toolstrip's button. it cannot. it seems that this is normal.
but when i use UIspy on Windows Vista to do the same thing, i can detect all kinds of element such as button, textbox...
why like this:)
not only this, there some custom control also has the same issue, works on Vista... more
COMException Error while trying to read DataItem values inside a DataGrid
I get this error:
COMException was unhandled
Exception from HRESULT: 0x80042002
On this line:
AutomationElementCollection dataItem = dataGrid.FindAll(TreeScope.Descendants,
new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.ControlTypeProperty, ControlType.DataItem));
This line will work if I change the FindAll to a FindFirst, but I need to read the values of more than the first row. I've tried several... more
Hide the system cursor for a screen magnifier (C#)Hello!I'm developing a magnifier which let the full screen opcion (for XP); I need to hide the real cursor because I'm showing (in a bitmap) a magnified cursor, what can I do?? I've tried to use Cursor.Hide or ShowCursor() and they aren't enoguh, because they only hide the cursor over my app, not over the full desktop.Thanks for all!!... more
Detecting a menu selectionI need to detect which menu item a user selected.
I can trap the MenuOpened and MenuClosed events, but I can't work out how to get an event indicating which menu item was selected.
I see FocusChanged events occurring (with the text from the menu items), but I was hoping/expecting to see an Invoked event indicating which item was eventually chosen by the user.
Can anyone provide me with some... more
UIAutomation inconsistencies with ToolBar/MenuBar and Table (aka DataGridView in WinForm)1. On this xpsp_sp2_gdr version on WindowsXP AutomationElements inside ToolBar and MenuBar is not recongnized. While it works fine or other series. e.g. xpsp_sp2_qfe.2. Table (DataGridView in WinForm) in UISpy shows no AutomationElements inside it (except scroll bar, shown as a Pane) but from the code I am able to see TableHeader, Rows, RowHeader, Cell etc. This was not an issue at all, until some... more
Microsoft Active Accessibility: EVENT_OBJECT_INVOKED on Windows XPI'm writing an MAA client on Windows XP, using a Windows Events hook.
I'm wondering whether the EVENT_OBJECT_INVOKED event is at all supported on Windows XP.
I noticed that EVENT_OBJECT_INVOKED is not defined in the 2003 Platform SDK, only in the v6.1 SDK.
So is EVENT_OBJECT_INVOKED new in Vista, or maybe I'm doing something wrong?
Accessing WinForm Datagrid using UI AutomationAccessing WinForm Datagrid using UIAutomationI am trying to get the Winform DataGrid using UIAutomation. Here is the source code for the windows form that has the datagrid.This is a simple form has datagrid.using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.ComponentModel;using System.Data;using System.Drawing;using System.Linq;using System.Text;using System.Windows.Forms;namespace Windows... more
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Are you a student working on an accessible UI design? Check out the world's premier student technology competition! Entries are due May 2, 2008--learn more here. - New Microsoft Accessibility Labs Forum
The Microsoft Accessibility Labs Forum is a place for the community to exchange ideas and information about accessible technology, especially around using and creating innovative solutions. We encourage you to post your accessibility questions, comments, announcements, and ideas.
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