Re: Coding VB.NET 2005 app for accessibility
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:02:43 -0500 (EST)
I'm aware of the AccessibleName and AccessibleDescription properties, but
not the control ID property for associating a .NET label with another
control. Searching MSDN, I could not find such a property. Can you
provide specifics?
Jamal
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, black ares wrote:
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:36:21 +0200
> From: black ares <matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Coding VB.NET 2005 app for accessibility
>
> as far as i know,
> In dotnet all controls have at least two properties realy of help.
> First is accessible name
> second is accessible description
> these two properties will override any other behavior from the screen
> reader.
> Also any label in dotnet has a property associated control id
> where you specify to the label which is the control refered.
> So what I suggest:
> 1. for each label which refer a control set the associated control id to
> that control.
> If this does not work
> 2. set the accessible name of the control at what you want
> and the accessible description to the text of the label.
> Best Regards
> Black Ares
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 6:46 AM
> Subject: RE: Coding VB.NET 2005 app for accessibility
>
>
> >
> >
> > I will note that it also works fine if the label is above the text box.
> > Note that the label should have the tab set to the previous value so for
> > example if your text box or control you want read like a list box to have
> > the label to the left and the listbox tab stop is 6 then the label that is
> > related should be set to 5. Alignment some times cause it to be read or
> > not
> > read for example I have a label above a text box and I aligned the text to
> > top bottom and center and they all worked but I have seen if you move the
> > label farther away and don't align it to the bottom it doesn't read. This
> > might have been just a fluke but its something to be thinking of. I wish
> > Freedom scientific, GW, and the other screen reader companies would
> > publicize the algorithm they use to search for these things but I have not
> > found any such publications. I can tell you though if you correctly place
> > controls by labels 90% of the time they are found.
> >
> > If your label can not be right next to the control like in a table of
> > controls that is not laid out in a listview one thing you can do to make
> > sure a screen reader speaks it is when the control is just about to
> > receive
> > focus change the color of the label that you want spoken and the screen
> > reader will pick it up but this should not be necessary unless you just
> > have
> > a really weird layout.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob J.
> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:54 PM
> > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Coding VB.NET 2005 app for accessibility
> >
> > JFW usually works well with text boxes when there is a label just to the
> > left of the text box. When you tab to the next text box, JFW will read
> > the
> > label and then the contents of the text box. While the PC cursor is on
> > the
> > text box, the SayLine command will usually read the label and the contents
> > of the text box. The alignment of the label with the text box is
> > sometimes
> > critical for this to function properly. Control buttons usually have a
> > caption that JFW will read when you tab to the next button. While the PC
> > cursor is on the button, the SayLine command will usually read the caption
> > for that button.
> >
> > hth
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Quaiattini" <Peter_Quaiattini@xxxxxx>
> > To: "Blind Programming" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 3:42 PM
> > Subject: Coding VB.NET 2005 app for accessibility
> >
> >
> > Needing some developer advice in coding an app in VB.net 2005 -- I'm not
> > the developer; rather the user.
> >
> > My colleague is building an app for our team to use. However, when I tab
> > through the various controls in the app, JAWS announces, for example,
> > what is the current value of the control. However, it does not tell me
> > any info about what the control is - for example what one might consider
> > to be the title of the control.
> >
> > He has also coded balloon help (active when the mouse is over the
> > control), which doesn't speak by JAWS either.
> >
> > So, can anyone point me / him to some coding resource that will show
> > examples of how to code a vb.net 2005 application so that JAWS talks
> > when using it?
> >
> > Alternatively or additionally, if I need to set something up specific
> > within JAWS to get JAWS to talk when navigating the application, that
> > would be helpful as well.
> >
> > In other words, using VB.net 2005, what does one need to do in order for
> > JAWS to inform the JAWS user of the information that the developer wants
> > the JAWS user to know?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Peter Quaiattini
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> > peter_quaiattini@xxxxxx
> >
> >
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