I've noticed problems with other dialogs. This will be investigated. it's probably just a matter of learning the correct Java usage. Thanks, John On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 10:00:15PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote: > John, > > The File/Open dialog locks up or maybe gets very sluggish when trying to > navigate the files to find one to open. This happened with both Window-Eyes > and NVDA. > > Vic > > > -----Original Message----- > From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. > Boyer > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 5:23 PM > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] BrailleBlaster GUI Ready for Feedback > > The prototype of the BrailleBlaster GUI is now ready for your > examination and feedback. You can download it from > http://www.brailleblaster.org It is the first link on the page. > > This is my Windows 7 64-bit brailleblaster folder zipped up. It iis > actually a Mercurial working copy, so if you have Mercurial installed > you can get updates by just typing hg update. However, it contains much > more than the Mercurial-tracked files. It also has all the jar files > needed and even the class files for BrailleBlaster. Of course, it > contains the source files in the src subfolder. These are tracked by > Mercurial. > > If you unzip this file in your C:\ drive you can run BrailleBlaster with > the command: > > java -jar c:\brailleblaster\dist\brailleblaster.jar > > This command can also be placed in a desktop shortcut. This is > recommended. > > When you run BrailleBlaster, you will see a window with a title bar, > menu bar, toolbar, text area and status bar. You can type in the text > area. The scrollbars work after you have entered some text. Initially > the text area displays "DAISY view". tHE BRAILLE VIEW IS ALSO PRESENT, > BUT THE DAISY view is on top. I still have to learn how to make its > background transparent and how to bring the braille view to the front. > > The options on the toolbar are just for examinationj. None of them are > active. They are all text labels. Images can be used instead if desired. > To see the toolbar use the Jaws cursor and explore the screen from the > top. > > Pressing alt activates the menu bar. The menus behave normally. Only a > few items on the file menu are active. The open and save items bring up > dialog boxes so you can see how they look and how they affect the window > and Jaws when they are closed. The exit item is also active. > > I will learn how to gray out unavailable menu items and how to attach > hotkeys and help to menu items. > > The welcome screen will be added after some more experience with this > prototype. > > Please give feedback on the list. > > Thanks, > John > > -- > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer > Abilitiessoft, Inc. > http://www.abilitiessoft.com > Madison, Wisconsin USA > Developing software for people with disabilities > > For a description of the software, to download it and links to > project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com > > For a description of the software, to download it and links to > project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities For a description of the software, to download it and links to project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com