[Blindmath] Announcing JWin - a program for installing the Java Access Bridge on Windows

[Jamal Mazrui]

Now available at

http://EmpowermentZone.com/JWin_setup.exe

or for a developer distribution

http://EmpowermentZone.com/JWin_setup.zip

I hope that JWin helps to open up more Java applications on Windows by 
making it easy to add accessibility support.  More info about the 
program is below, including a link to the full documentation.

Jamal

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JWin is a free, open source program for detecting and installing the 
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on Windows, together with the Java Access 
Bridge (JAB), which is needed for full accessibility of Java-based 
applications to assistive technologies used by persons with disabilities.

After confirming user intent, the program will create a directory 
containing JAB reference material, a log file, and an uninstallation 
program to later remove the JAB, if desired.  It looks for locations of 
the JRE and offers to install the JAB into them.  Three possible 
directories are identified:  (1) the directory of a 32-bit JRE; (2) the 
directory of a 64-bit JRE; and (3) the directory referenced by the 
JAVA_HOME environment variable.

The program will open a log file when complete, detailing the actions 
taken.  The JAB may be installed into any JRE location on the computer 
by first setting the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the 
relevant directory before running the executable.

If no JRE is found by the program, it will offer to go to the web page 
for installing Java.

Full documentation for this program is also available online at

http://EmpowermentZone.com/JWin.htm