Testing accessibility / sample apps

[Kevin Rushforth]

I hope you have similar success with the Windows build.

-- Kevin


Jann Schneider wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The build instructions for linux where very good! I was able to build
> the project without any problems.
>
> Regards Jann
>
> 2014-06-20 19:27 GMT+02:00, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>:
>   
>> To be clear, you will still use the 8u-dev repo at the existing URL:
>>
>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/openjfx/8u-dev/rt
>>
>> It's just that after Monday the repo will "become" the place where 8u40
>> work is done.
>>
>> Regarding the build, it is a bit painful to set up for Windows, but not
>> too bad as long as you don't need to build WebKit. We would be
>> interested in hearing whether the instructions on the Wiki are
>> sufficient for you to get the build working.
>>
>> -- Kevin
>>
>>
>> Stephen F Northover wrote:
>>     
>>> Ok, let us know how you get on with building FX.
>>>
>>> NOTE: The accessibility code is not there in 8u20 so you will just be
>>> ensuring that you can build on Windows (there is nothing there to
>>> test).  The accessibility code will be going back into 8u40 on Monday
>>> or Tuesday so you'll need to get that release at that time and build
>>> it instead when it becomes available.  It's good to debug the build
>>> process though because it can be painful building from source.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> On 2014-06-20, 12:43 PM, Jann Schneider wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> @Steven: thx for the links. I'll try to build the openjfx project on
>>>> the windows 7 notebook and test the sample apps with NVDA then.
>>>> Today i tried the latest ea of jdk1.8.0_20 and sample apps with nvda
>>>> 14.2. Unfortunately i was not able to read anything except the window
>>>> title.
>>>> I've just installed the jdk, changed my JAVA_HOME and tried to run
>>>> e.g. the ensemble.jar
>>>> $ java -jar ensemble.jar -Djavafx.accessible.force=true
>>>>
>>>> Well i'll try it again by means of building javafx from source and
>>>> post my results back to the list.
>>>>
>>>> Regards Jann!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2014-06-20 14:46 GMT+02:00, Stephen F Northover
>>>> <steve.x.northover at oracle.com>:
>>>>         
>>>>> Hello Jann!
>>>>>
>>>>> As soon as the 8u40 repos open, the Accessibility code will be put back
>>>>> along with the recent fixes for JAWS.  Since OpenJFX (and the JDK) does
>>>>> not have nightly builds, unless you want to wait for an EA build of
>>>>> 8u40
>>>>> or 9, you will need to get OpenJFX and build it.  This is really the
>>>>> best way to work with the team anyway because you can get fixes as they
>>>>> are made.  EA builds take a while to come out and there is no
>>>>> substitute
>>>>> for running on the latest code base.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately due to Microsoft, building OpenJFX is a bit harder on
>>>>> Windows.  However, it is doable and the build instructions should be
>>>>> complete.  If they are not (and if you hit any problems), please post
>>>>> back to this list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are the build instructions:
>>>>>
>>>>>       https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Building+OpenJFX
>>>>>
>>>>> Many committers use an IDE (you don't have to) and OpenJFX is supports
>>>>> the three major IDE vendors:
>>>>>
>>>>>       https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Using+an+IDE
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking forward to working with you,
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2014-06-19, 7:10 PM, Felipe Heidrich wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Hi Jann,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately Linux support is not in the plan for 8u40.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Windows 7 is supported and we have recently fixed JAWS support (see
>>>>>> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-37530 and
>>>>>> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-37609).
>>>>>> Unfortunately due to the 8u20 to 8u40 transition the code has not
>>>>>> being
>>>>>> released yet, but soon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The majority of our testing was done using Narrator. That said, I also
>>>>>> tested NVDA lastest version on Windows 8 and I didn’t see any major
>>>>>> problems.
>>>>>> On the Mac we tested with VoiceOver.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Felipe
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 19, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Jann Schneider
>>>>>> <jann.schneider at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As a blind java developer i'm interessted in testing the
>>>>>>> accessibility of
>>>>>>> JavaFX and maybe help to find some issues.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've just set up my build environment on my ubuntu 14.04 laptop and
>>>>>>> checked out the project files as described in the wiki. I could
>>>>>>> also set
>>>>>>> it up on a windows 7 with Jaws 15 and NVDa (don't know what the
>>>>>>> current
>>>>>>> version is) for comparison..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No i am wondering if there are some examples i could try?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards Jann
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>