Re: FW: Perhaps you may be able to assist with my problem.

It might be best to inquire on the Blind Programming list, don't know 
the exact address.  This way there would be a variety of people who 
might be able to help, not just one individual.

Dave

At 10:59 AM 4/1/2008, Ray Campbell wrote:
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>From: Good, John [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:21 AM
>To: Ray Campbell
>Subject: Perhaps you may be able to assist with my problem.
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>Hello Mr. Campbell,
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>     I spoke to you about a year ago about a JFW problem I was having and
>you solved my problem.  Perhaps you can help with the below problem,
>however, I think  it is more complex.
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>     I sent Jamal Mazrui the owner of the www.empowermentzone.com
><http://www.empowermentzone.com/>  web site the following e-mail, but
>have had no response.  Perhaps, you may know something in this area.
>Please read and let me know.  One more thing, I was on the Grab Bag Site
>and tried clicking the contact button for the page and received an
>error.  That's why I e-mailed Mr. Mazrui at the address listed on his
>web site.
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>      Thanks, John Good
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>Hello Mr. Mazrui,
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>My name is John Good and I am blind and I am an   old mainframe
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>programmer at the City of Pittsburgh.  I am being asked by my management
>to begin to work on .NET applications that are being developed here at
>the City of Pittsburgh.  I have been assigned to a .NET project called
>ISAT which is a system for self assessed taxes that I developed on the
>main frame in the 1980's and have been since ported to a server.  It is
>now being rewritten under .NET software.
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>      I have been to the Grab Bag site.  I am nervous about all this new
>software.  I have been reading some manuals I've down loaded off the new
>programming site and am reading 2 manuals for .NET, a kick Start of .NET
>programming and COBOL and VB.NET for mainframe programmers.  It is very
>daunting.  I am several years from retirement and do not wish to be
>unemployed so I am making a real effort to make this work.  If
>accessibility issues are a concern with Visual Studio, it may be
>impossible for me to be successful.  I do not expect to have much
>assistance here at work in making this work.  I wish to minimize any
>accessibility issues that might be minimized.  That is why I am writing
>to you.  I have seen your name periodically in some blind lists I belong
>to and believe you to be very knowledgeable.  In addition, your name was
>prominently mentioned in the Grab Bag site.  I went to the Empowerment
>zone web site and read your biography and resume.  It is very
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>impressive.
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>      I have received a list of software that I will need to install on
>my PC in order to work on the project.  I have pasted a copy below.  AS
>I stated, I have been to the Grab Bag site and see many down loads that
>seem promising, however I do not wish to make a mistake in what I need
>to down load to make this all work.  To give you a little more info, I
>have a 1 Gig IBM compatible PC running Windows XP Pro, Service pack 2. I
>am also running JFW 9.0.552U.  I also, have JFW versions 7 and 8 loaded
>on my machine if an older version is needed to work with Visual Studio
>2005.  My question to you, can you advise me on whether or not this will
>be workable for me from an accessibility aspect and if so can you advise
>me on which down loads from the Grab Bag site and or other
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>sites I need to make this all accessible?   Which version of JFW should
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>I be using with Visual Studio?  Which editor at the Grab Bag site is
>best suited for Visual Studio? Is a more current version of Visual
>Studio than 2005 more accessible and if so, are there scripts for later
>versions? If you are too busy or do not wish to help for one reason or
>another, can you help by providing a name and e-mail address or phone
>number to someone who might be helpful?
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>       Thank you for your time,
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>        John Good
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>    Here is the software I need to load on my PC in order to work on the
>new .NET project.
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>The following are the software requirements for development on the ISAT
>project.  This is from memory due to the city deleting older e-mails so
>if there are any problems we can work through them.
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>Thanks,
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>Chris
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>1.  Visual Studio 2005
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>2.  Guidance Automation Extensions
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>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c0a394c0-5eeb-4
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>7c4-9f7b-71e51866a7ed&displaylang=en
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>3.  Smart Client Software Factory
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>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2b6a10f9-8410-4
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>f13-ad53-05a202fbdb63&displaylang=en
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>4.  Team Explorer (this download as an .imp file so another piece of
>software is needed to extract the files)
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>http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/ (free trial software to extract the
>.img file)
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>http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/a/d/2ad44873-8ccb-4a1b-9c0d-232
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>24b3ba34c/VSTFClient.img
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>5.  Visual Studio Service Pack 1
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>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BB4A75AB-E2D4-4
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>C96-B39D-37BAF6B5B1DC&displaylang=en
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>6.  Web Service Software Factory
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>There is a new version of this out.  I would hold off on this until your
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