[LDTP-Dev] Accessing Java Applet within Firefox

[Nagappan A]

Hi Bradford,

Apologize for my delayed reply.

Probably you may need to try the steps provided in this link ? to make Java
Swing accessible.

http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/FAQ#head-f623f1614baae1b443ba275799157793c8c4a247

Thanks
Nagappan

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Bradford Smith <
bradford.carl.smith at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Nagappan et al.
>
> Thanks for pointing me toward at-poke and accerciser.  I have found those
> tools useful.
>
> However, I have been unable to get these tools to "see" SWING-based Java
> applications.  I got the code for some basic Java SWING applications (a
> "hello world" and a calculator) from a SWING tutorial website and ran them
> as normal Java applications.  They run fine, but at-poke and accerciser
> cannot "see" their interfaces at all.  Is it necessary to modify their code
> to specifically support accessibility?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bradford
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Nagappan A <nagappan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Bradford,
>>
>> Initially you can try with external tools like at-poke / accerciser, If
>> the respective window doesn't appear in either of them, then it can't be
>> operated using LDTP !
>>
>> Thanks
>>  Nagappan
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 6:07 AM, Bradford Smith <
>> bradford.carl.smith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the advice, Nagappan.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, Selenium can't handle Java applets.  I had hoped that
>>> since http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/ says LDTP works with "any Java
>>> application (should have a UI based on swing)", that I could use it with the
>>> swing-based applet I need to test.
>>>
>>> Since the applet does create some windows that appear outside of the
>>> browser, I tried creating one and passing its title to getobjectlist().
>>> Unfortunately, I got a 'window doesn't exist' error.  If LDTP can "see"
>>> windows created by regular swing-based Java applications, why can't it see
>>> these?  Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Bradford
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Nagappan A <nagappan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Smith,
>>>>
>>>> Guess you are using Firefox 3.0 !?! Not sure, how well accessibility
>>>> support is available for applets inside rendering region. I suggest to try
>>>> with selenium for the rendering region and anything related to Window
>>>> management, you can use LDTP. Selenium doesn't support them.
>>>>
>>>> getapplist function just returns the list of application name as per
>>>> accessibility info. getwindowlist, should return all the available windows,
>>>> but the existing implementation just returns what ever available in internal
>>>> hashtable. Will consider doing the first (soon).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Nagappan
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Bradford Smith <
>>>> bradford.carl.smith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, guys.
>>>>>
>>>>> I need to automate testing for a Java applet accessed through Firefox.
>>>>> Can anyone tell me how to find out the window name to use to access the
>>>>> applet?  When I do getobjectinfo() on the name of the Firefox window, I
>>>>> don't seem to be getting any of the applet components in the list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, can anyone tell me what getapplist() is good for? Although the
>>>>> documentation says it returns window titles, the returned strings don't seem
>>>>> to work with getobjectlist().  Is there some way to use a string returned by
>>>>> getapplist() to get a list of the actual titles of windows belonging to that
>>>>> application?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there some way to get a list of all window titles?  I would expect
>>>>> getwindowlist() to do this, but it just seems to list windows whose
>>>>> information has been cached in ldtp due to previous accesses to it with
>>>>> getobjectlist() or other routines.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Bradford C. Smith
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
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