Re: [g-a-devel]Help with Plain X application

[Michael Meeks <michael ximian com>]

Hi KK,

On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 12:16, KK singh wrote:
> I have a plain X application, and I want it to be
> accessible when running on gnome What do I have to do.

	You get to re-write a huge chunk of the Gnome infrastructure for
accessibility, simply because most of the interesting behaviors are tied
to the widget set. I would very strongly recommend porting to gtk+ as a
better solution.

> I have to implement some functions,  What are they ?
> What should I do to initialize CORBA.
> What do I have to do to register my application?

	You have to get a handle to the registry; read at-spi/atk-bridge/*.

> This application uses user defined controls, I have a
> drop down box, implemented using PushButtons. 
> Do I have to provide accessibility Object for each of
> the PushButton or I can just provide one for the drop
> box? 

	You should implement an Accessible per Accessible object.

> I am using C++.
...
> PS: Please CC the Response to me, I am not subscribed
> to the list.

	You need to be if you plan to implement an entirely new accessible
toolkit - you're getting into a really big task. I'd strongly recommend
re-targeting to gtk+ - which is rather a nice toolkit anyway IMHO.

	Regards,

		Michael.

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