Re: [orca-list] writing accessible multi-platform application

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Hello,
Firstly, I too would suggest SWT in java for accessible GUI 
applications, particularly if you don't want any access bridge 
technologies to be needed.

To use SWT you just need it in your application's classpath like any 
other java library. Just remember one thing with SWT, as it uses native 
platform widgets, you need to ensure that when it is run on windows the 
windows SWT jar is in the classpath and when it is run on linux the 
linux version is in the classpath. I think this also extends to 32-bit 
or 64-bit as well.

One way to manage this need for different jars on different platforms is 
to have the build process produce a different distribution of your 
application for the different platforms.

Michael Whapples
On -10/01/37 20:59, MichaÅ Zegan wrote:
> You probably require installing swt, right?
> Dnia 2011-02-27, nie o godzinie 15:13 -0800, Jacob Schmude pisze:
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> > Hi
> > Have you looked at Java using SWT? This is a Java toolkit that is sort
> > of the equivalent of WX for Java, in that it bridges to the native
> > controls of the platform. I've had much better luck with SWT-based
> > programs on Linux than WX ones, though the issues in wx can be worked
> > around with some patience and tweaking. The only issue with SWT is
> > that, as far as GUI toolkits go, it's a bit over-complicated in some
> > areas. Since SWT is a bridge to native controls, no java access
> > bridges are required. It is Java only, however.
> >
> >
> > On 02/27/2011 01:31 PM, Micha? Zegan wrote:
> > > Hey, I encountered the following problems when trying to write
> > > accessible, cross-platform gui applications that can be equally
> > > accessible on linux and windows:
> > > 1 - c++/qt: inaccessible on anything that lives at this time.
> > > 2. c++/gtkmm: accessible on linux, partially on windows.
> > > 3. c++/wx - accessible on both, but has focus problems so counted as not
> > > fully accessible.
> > > 4. java - linux requires a hard-to-install bridge but works, windows
> > > requires a bridge that's broken.
> > > 5 c#/.net - work with windows, linux requires a bridge that's easy to
> > > install but doesn't work.
> > > 6. other languages - use gtk or something, usually.
> > >
> > > So what to do to write fully accessible applications without any mess
> > > like that?
> > >
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