Re: vb and web design

Thanks, yes, the college has a copy of vb 6. So your saying the standard
jaws scripts aren't any good, and I should just use third party ones? 


On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 01:06:08PM -0800, The Elf wrote:
> hi,
> 
> if someone else hasn't answered better than I already, my grab bag
> site (URL under my name) has scripts for VB 6 (ignore the jaws
> versions listed, I'm up to 10 now and the scripts still work fine),
> and some other stuff that may well be of use.
> 
> I hope you have the MSDN disks or program installed on the machine
> you will be using, because VB 6 is no longer supported by Microsoft.
> 
> as to dream weaver, from what I have herd, it is useable, but I
> haven't tried it so can't tell you how much so, if you need more
> help with it, give me a yell and I'll go dig up what I have on it
> 
> if you have any trouble with the VB 6 stuff, let me know off list
> and we can talk, I have almost everything that was put out for VB 6
> since I still program in it, like the last service pack file and
> such.
> 
> take care,
> elf
> proprietor, The Grab Bag,
> for blind computer users and programmers
> http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com
> Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises
> "own the might and majesty of a Alacorn!"
> www.alacorncomputer.com
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Dalton"
> <d.dalton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:22 AM
> Subject: vb and web design
> 
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm studying ict programming next year. Unfortunately, we have to use
> >visual basic, not something like C or python as I would have liked.
> >So a few questions:
> >
> >1. They're using microsoft visual basic 6.0
> >It appears there are jaws scripts for it, so I assume it should be well
> >supported. I haven't used jaws for a few years now once I made the linux
> >switch, so I'm not quite sure how things are working these days. So is
> >vb well supported, and can you offer any tips, extra scripts I should
> >use or documentation I should read before starting? I want to be at a
> >level where I can translate the instructions given by the teacher which
> >will be mouse orrientated, into the keyboard way...
> >
> >2. We need to construct a web site, using dream weaver. Is this software
> >accessible under jaws, I didn't see any scripts when I played with it
> >very briefly yesterday. What can I do to make it more accessible, and
> >again, what should I read so I know how to use the software well so I
> >can interpret instructions given to a sighted user? Otherwise, what
> >alternative software should I use?
> >
> >My teacher didn't give me a clear answer, but would it be better to
> >learn how to do it properly by coding it all by hand, or is there a
> >reason that they would choose to use such software?
> >
> >Thank you for your help,
> >
> >-- 
> >Cheers,
> >Dan
> >
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