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From: smithj7
Date: Oct 9, 2006 5:40AM

I read and reread your article on how to make an accessible error message.
I can't wait to get to work, have the programers read it and try it out!
Thanks so much.
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From: "Peter Krantz" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] ASP web application validation format


> On 10/7/06, smithj7 < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> I was thinking that the error page might be able to redisplay with a new
>> title - errors on form, and error box at the top of the page with access
>> keys to the fields with errors using an unorder list, no focus on the
>> form so the screen reader would read the page as a new page and discover
>> it was an error page. Is something like this possible? If yes, could
>> you tell me how to explain it to the programmers or send me to a page to
>> find out how. I've exhausted the msnd library and wrote them because the
>> Accessible Web Application Design Guide only links back to requirements
>> not the how or a can't find the document from some other other links.
>> Endless loop over and over again.
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> I think you are on to the right track. I wrote about how to display
> error messages a while ago:
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> http://standards-schmandards.com/index.php?2005/06/25/21
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> As for ASP.NET it depends on wihch version you are running. 1.1 has
> lousy standards support and you have little use for the built-in
> usercontrols that render HTML. If you focus on making sure the
> server-side validation works as expected I would suggest you creat
> your own user control to display validation errors.
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> Regards,
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> Peter
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