On a related note, is it possible yet to script UIA objects? Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 12, 2011, at 6:27 AM, Doug Geoffray <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
