Re: [actf-dev] Accessibility Check Tool for Java Apps

[Rolf Mager <dialog@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kentarou,

many thanks for your information, that helps a lot! So we'll might check out Javaco's sources first, thanks.

Best wishes,
Rolf


Am 24.01.2013 um 18:18 schrieb Kentarou Fukuda <KENTAROU@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi Rolf,
> 
> Excuse me for not replying to your post in forum earlier. 
> 
> Unfortunately, development of Javaco was discontinued in 2010, and I do 
> not know another automatic accessibility check tool for Java applications.
> 
> So, we need to test Java applications' accessibility in runtime by using 
> existing resources [1-4]. aDesigner's GUI Accessibility mode can also 
> support accessibility check of runtime application.
> 
>> So how about a check tool using ACTF for Java SWING/SWT apps, is 
>> there something available or would we have to develop this from 
>> scratch ourselves?
> 
> If you plan to develop your own check tool, please check a possibility of 
> re-use of Javaco's code in our archive [5]. Because original developers 
> had left from the project, we might not be able to provide enough support. 
> But, I hope the source code might give you some hint or boost your 
> development work.
> 
> [1] 
> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/access/enable_and_test.html#testing_jab
> [2] http://docs.oracle.com/javase/accessbridge/2.0.2/toc.htm
> [3] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb735024.aspx
> [4] http://accessibility.linuxfoundation.org/a11yweb/util/accprobe/
> [5] http://archive.eclipse.org/technology/actf/src/actf-20100301.zip
> 
> Best regards,
> Kentarou
> ---
> Kentarou Fukuda, Ph.D.
> IBM Research - Tokyo
> Tel: +81-3-5144-2852
> E-mail: kentarou@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> actf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 2013/01/22 19:10:39:
> 
>> From: Rolf Mager <dialog@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: actf-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx, 
>> Date: 2013/01/22 19:11
>> Subject: [actf-dev] Accessibility Check Tool for Java Apps
>> Sent by: actf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> 
>> 
>> Hello list,
>> 
>> I apologize if this is not quite the right place for my question, I 
>> posted this some time ago on the ACTF forum, but unfortunately 
>> nobody was able to answer it.
>> 
>> So, I am currently searching for a way to automatically check Java 
>> apps regarding accessibility. I have seen that there are example 
>> check tools for different content available using the ACTF framework
>> (for example, ACTF aDesigner).
>> 
>> Is there a similar check tool available for Java SWING/SWT apps 
>> which will work with Eclipse Juno? It should be something similar to
>> the no longer maintained componentry Javaco, which does not seem to 
>> work with current Eclipse distributions; also development for Javaco
>> was discontinued at an very early stage.
>> So how about a check tool using ACTF for Java SWING/SWT apps, is 
>> there something available or would we have to develop this from 
>> scratch ourselves?
>> 
>> Thanks and best wishes,
>> Rolf
>> 
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