Re: [orca-list] SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) for Java platform accessibility

[Victor Tsaran <vtsaran gmail com>]

Thanks Michael,
Yes, crossplatform is the keyword here.
Thanks for the explanation.
Victor

Michael Whapples wrote:
> Hello,
> What's the reason for wanting to use swing or SWT?
>
> I ask this because the following may wish to be considered.
>
> If it is to achieve cross platform accessibility in one single tandalone
> package, then I am not sure that this will achieve it fully (unless one
> package for each platform is made). As far as I know, SWT creates native
> widgets for the platform, so I would suspect that you need to have the
> version of SWT for the platform (unless it includes all required stuff
> for each platform). Eclipse has separate distributions for Windows,
> Linux and so on. As for swing, if it were not stand alone (IE requires a
> java VM already installed) then you can achieve cross platform
> accessibility as all the platform specific stuff (VM,access bridge, etc)
> are already provided. If though you are going for stand alone, again
> different platform distributions need to be made including the
> appropriate java VM, and for accessibility don't forget to include the
> appropriate access bridge in the bundled VM.
>
> Now considering the above, I know some software does have java
> installers, oracle products are one and I think netbeans is another. I
> don't know if they are using a standard installer system or if it is a
> custom installer to those particular packages. Certainly oracle's
> installer reminds you of the importance of needing to include the
> appropriate access bridge with the bundled VM, as when the installer
> uses its bundled VM and no access bridge is in that bundle it will be
> inaccessible regardless of any other access bridge on the system.
>
> Michael Whapples
> On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 10:17 -0700, Victor Tsaran wrote:
> > On the SWT/SWING side of things... Does anyone know if there is an
> > installation system, similar to NSIS, that utilizes any of these
> > toolkits for its widgetry?
> > Zimbra guys from www.zimbra.com want to know.
> > Thanks,
> > Victor