[brailleblaster] Re: BB and the File/Open dialog

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 16:34:43 -0600

Hi Vic,

Thanks. I know I am missing something, because Eclipse uses SWT and 
doesn't have these problems. It would be nice if an expert Windows 
programmer could take a look.

John

On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 05:10:51PM -0500, Vic Beckley wrote:
> John,
> 
> I have found that the File/Open dialog does not have the sluggishness under
> XP that it does under Windows 7. XP uses a completely different Open/Save
> dialog that works perfectly.
> 
> I have noticed another problem, though. In the list of directories and
> files, only directories are shown. The Files of Type combobox is set to XML
> files but none show up, even though I know they are there. No files show up
> at all. I tried changing the Files of Type combobox to All Files but there
> is no choice for that. Moving to the filename edit box and starting to type
> the filename gives you the autocomplete suggestion list just like it should.
> 
> This is all with XP 32-bit on my VM and NVDA as a screen reader.
> 
> 
> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> 
> Vic
> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities


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