Testing accessibility / sample apps

Fri Jun 20 21:30:28 UTC 2014

> * What went wrong:
> Execution failed for task ':fxpackager:buildJavaPackager'.
>
> Could not call NativeCompileTask.compile() on task 
> ':fxpackager:buildJavaPackager'

When I've seen this in the past it's been related to the compiler 
install. Do you have VS 2010 SP1 or something else?

-- Kevin

Jann Schneider wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Well on windows it's always a bit more difficult i guess :-)
> After setting up my build environment as described on the wiki i first tried
> $ gradle tasks
> This works as expected! When running
> $ gradle sdk
> or just gradle without any target i get the following error:
>
> FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
>
> * What went wrong:
> Execution failed for task ':fxpackager:buildJavaPackager'.
>   
>> Could not call NativeCompileTask.compile() on task ':fxpackager:buildJavaPackager'
>>     
>
> Is this a "known issue" and do you know what's going wrong here?
> Should i post more "info" or "debug" output, too?
>
> Thanks
> Jann
>
>
>
> 2014-06-20 21:58 GMT+02:00, Stephen F Northover <steve.x.northover at oracle.com>:
>   
>> Being non-Unix, Windows is always a pain.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On 2014-06-20, 3:42 PM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
>>     
>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>                     
>>     