Re: Student Database Project
- From: "Ricks Place" <OFBGMail@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:22:23 -0500
Hi Marv:
What version of vb.net did you develop in? 2005 or 2008 and was it the
Express or Full Version of VS?
We have beaten this topic to death over the past few months. You know there
are 2 ways to set up a Winforms Form. You can use the Table Layout Panel
thingy, the Flow Layout thingy or manually calculate the start position and
size of each control.
There is no magic bullet that will do this for you, it is a big part of
programming. Where do I put all these things on a Form? How big is the form
and how will all my controls fit and look on the form? Personally, I set up
controls to be used by me, Windoweyes, which means I want them positioned
for exceptional performance with my screen reader. If I were working for
sighted access I might do things a little diferently but have found that
many of the design concepts I use to enhance an Application's accessibility
apply to sighted folks as well at some point. For example, You could put
perhaps 20 buttons on a form to do things and a sighted person could just
look at the form and almost instantly pick one with the mouse. A sighted
person might have to go through all or some of them one at a time listening
to each to pick one which is a huge performance hit when a blind person uses
the form. Now,a MenuStrip still has the 20 choices but broken into several
root item classifications and each choice has a hot key combination. The
access time, not to mention the viewable area displayed on the screen form
is much cleaner and your form can hold more controls and look better. Also,
after you get up to say 50 buttons even a sighted person will get tired of
the clutter and you won't have much room on your form for any other controls
without setting up everything small and scrollable. So the initial design of
your form is important and will, to some extent, depend on your intended
audience. So, figure out what you want to do with the form and use the
positioning technique that you prefer and which will fit your design best.
Who actually created the Application? Are they on list? Again, which version
of vb.net was used?
Rick USA
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