Re: Dialog boxes desperately require help
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:31:56 -0500
Are you using swing or swt? I would strongly recommend swt, since it is
accessible right out of the box on Linux, Mac and Windows. there are
also small programs called Snippets and longer examples that you can
use. We are using SWT for BrailleBlaster precisely because of its
inherent accessibility. One of our testers was surprised that the
prototype worked without the Java Access Bridge or any screenreader
scripts. For small snippet programs demonstrating various things, to to
http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets
John
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 06:30:31PM +0100, Roger Woolgrove wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm fairly new to java though I think I've got a fair grounding. However, I
> am running into problems with dialog boxes. I've been using someone else's
> libraries to create dialog boxes and that's fair enough. However, when it
> comes to creating my own I will not be able to use someone else's as their
> software is copyrighted. So what I'm struggling with is the code to create
> my own.
>
> Thus far I've been using a static method or methods of a class that is
> copyrighted to make a request, request with supplied default answer, confirm
> and alert.
>
> I've searched and searched for examples of created dialog boxes but to no
> avail. So, could anyone assist me. If you could supply a project folder
> with the classes inside which would allow me to create the appropriate dialog
> box with a simple invocation of a static method, that would be great. If you
> could also give me a little guidance as to how to use the dialogs, just in
> case that would be excellent.
>
> I've been stuck with this for weeks and am now confounded as to what to do.
>
> Many thanks
>
> roger
>
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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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