JAWS and AccessibleName

  • From: "Mike Paciello" <mpaciello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:34:50 -0500

We are working on an application that could use a little better support on the 
JAWS 
end. I've submitted this to a couple of the Freedom support folks but haven't 
heard 
back yet. Might as well get some consensus here....
We've made a lot of progress with WindowEyes but am having problems 
with Jaws. 

We're working on a product that is to support MSAA. It is an ActiveX 
control that runs in the browser. It was built with Microsoft's ATL. 
The windowhierarchy looks like: 

IEFrame IDX Web Framework - Microsoft Internet 
 Shell DocObject View 
   Internet Explorer_Server 
     ATL:02708808 ! 
     ATL:0C611368 ! 
     ATL:02708518 ! 
     WindowsForms10.Window.8.app16 ! 
     ATL:6604D5E0 
       IDXtermWindow 

The IDXtermWindow is the one I am interested in. I have added the 
following to the JActiveX.ini file. Most of its presentations are dialog 
subforms that the user navigates with TAB and SHIFT-TAB. However, 
Jaws does not read the Accessibility Names I have added for my 
controls. For example, prior to an edit field, I have a label "Patient": but 
have set an Accessibility Name of "Patient Lookup" which Jaws ignores. 

What changes can I make to the following to make it work correctly? 
Does anyone have a clue as to the solution? 

[clsid:B50B4ECE-666C-11D1-8DB2-000000000000] 
WindowClass=IDXtermWindow 
Description=ICW 
StartString=ICW Start 
EndString=ICW End 
UseFormsMode=0 
RenderingLevel=2 
MSAAFlags=1 

Thanks much, 

Mike Paciello
Mike Paciello
Founder, Principal
The Paciello Group
Tel: +1 603.882.4122 ext 103
www.paciellogroup.com


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