[nfbcs] Fwd: WE4Java 0.9.2 beta now available for download

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

A script-based method for accessing Java programs is being developed for 
Window-Eyes.  It is a work in progress, but progress is being made.  I 
don't intend to post further iterations to this listserv until much more of 
it is working.  The best place to follow developments is the Scripting list 
run by GW Micro.
-- LR

>From: "Macarty, Jay  {PBSG}" <Jay.Macarty at pbsg.com>
>To: "gw-scripting at gwmicro.com" <gw-scripting at gwmicro.com>
>Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:56:09 -0600
>Subject: WE4Java 0.9.2 beta now available for download
>
>All,
>WE4Java version 0.9.2 Beta is now available for download from RapidShare 
>at the link below:
>
><http://rapidshare.com/files/172786743/WE4Java_0.9.2_setup.exe>http://rapidshare.com/files/172786743/WE4Java_0.9.2_setup.exe
>
>This release provides the ability to use the java installer to 
>automatically scan for a running java process and look up the runtime 
>location being used for that application. You will be prompted to ask if 
>you want to install WE4Java in the runtime directory for the running 
>application.
>
>Also in this release, updates are made to allow reading of single and 
>multi-line text boxes using the arrow keys.
>
>New in this release is a copy of the Java Notepad demo program which comes 
>with the java development kit. Note that executing this demo program 
>assumes that a default java runtime is installed. The launch script simply 
>states
>
>Java –jar Notepad.jar
>
>When the notepad starts, the focus is on the tool bar with the new, open, 
>save, etc. Buttons. You can use the Open button to display a file chooser 
>dialog and select a file for reading.
>
>NOTE: Since menu bar access isn’t available just yet, When you are done 
>with the notepad demo, just press alt+f4 to close it.
>
>The change log entries for this release are given below:
>
>Beta Release 0.9.2 - Friday, 12/12/2008
>
>This release contains the following updates:
>
>   * Updated the Java Installer to allow automatically searching for a
>     java install directory based on a running java application. To run
>     the java installer in Scan Mode, start a java application and then
>     launch the Java Installer from the WE4Java program group. The installer
>     will scan all running processes looking for either java.exe or 
> javaw.exe.
>     If found, the installer will look up the directory of the running 
> java application
>     and ask if you want to install WE4Java in that directory. This
>     ability is helpful when you have a java based application that you don't
>     know the location of the java runtime it is using.
>   * The Java Installer has been updated to record the directories where you
>     have installed WE4Java. An ini file is updated to reflect both the 
> date/time
>     of the install and the version of WE4Java installed. Later versions
>     of the java installer utility will use this ini file to let you view 
> and/or update
>     your WE4Java installations.
>   * Default for using the automatic text helper dialog is now set to only
>     be used for read-only multi-line edit boxes. Normal edit boxes will be
>     handled from inside the java screen.
>   * The WE4Java.ini file is now checked for the setting for the text helper
>     dialog feature. Values can be 0 (no helper dialog), 1 (helper on 
> read-only
>     text only), or 2 (helper on all multi-line text boxes).
>   * Reading of text boxes has been updated to allow the arrow keys to be
>     used to review the text. Using the up or down arrows in a multi-line
>     text box will read the data a line at a time. Using the left or right 
> arrows
>     will read the data 1 character at a time and will use the Window-Eyes
>     keyboard voice settings so as to allow control over reading punctuation.
>   * A copy of the Java Notepad demo application is now included. this demo
>     assumes that a default java runtime is installed.
>   * The check/install of Microsoft .net 2.0 is now set as an optional
>     check box at the end of the install.
>
>NOTE: The combo box under the java control panel Update tab is still not
>       reading selection changes properly. Also, the checked or unchecked 
> state
>       of the tree items in the java control panel Advanced tab are not
>       reading correctly due to the use of a custom class by Sun.
>

Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer, Engineering Section
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress    (202) 707-0535   <http://www.loc.gov/nls>
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