Thanks for the update Doug.
As I mentioned to Kate, I have found that I think the Express versions of VS
2010 may be able to be scripted if support is needed outside of where it now
stands.
It is good that you are improving WPF support since the Silverlight and
other software are using it more and more in their development products.
Again, thanks for the heads up and good hunting Doug!
Rick USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Geoffray" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 9:27 AM
Subject: WPF and Window-Eyes
I've seen a few emails on this list stating that Window-Eyes doesn't
support WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation). I wanted to officially
state this is not true. Although Window-Eyes started supporting WPF a
couple versions ago we have continually improved it with each release.
We'll continue to improve it in the future but WPF can be used today. If
you have specific issues regarding WPF than please make those specific
issues known. But to say Window-Eyes doesn't support WPF is simply false.
WPF is simply a framework of controls that developers can embed within
their applications. So instead of using an old WIN32 checkbox, they could
use the newer WPF checkbox. In order for WPF to be accessible, Microsoft
has embedded UIA support into the framework. Meaning anything which
supports UIA will support WPF. So Window-Eyes doesn't really do anything
specific for WPF. Window-Eyes supports UIA and therefore supports WPF.
Keep in mind it is not uncommon for applications to not be 100% WPF or
100% anything for that matter. Also, one of the most trickiest WPF
controls are edit boxes which support the UIA TextPattern. Unfortunately
we have seen many interpretations of the UIA specification regarding the
TextPattern and we have seen many bugs in the implementation of the
TextPattern. We have tried to work around some of those bugs found in IE9
and in VS 2010 as two big examples. So there may be issues such as this
but for the most part things work rather well.
But again, if you have specific issues with WPF, and you know it is a WPF
control, feel free to let us know.
Regards,
Doug
