Date: / January 2003
Name of Product: / Microsoft ® Content Management Server 2002 (Microsoft CMS2002)
Contact for more Information: / http://www.microsoft.com/cmserver or http://www.microsoft.com/enable

Summary Table

Voluntary Product Accessibility Template

Criteria / Supporting Features / Remarks and explanations
Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems / Microsoft CMS2002 includes both software application components and Web-based components. This section includes information about the former: Installation/Uninstallation programs, Database Configuration Application (DCA), Site Manager, Site Stager, VisualStudio.NET Integration (VS.NET Integration), Authoring Connector.
Please refer to the attached VPAT.
Section 1194.22 Web-based internet information and applications / Microsoft CMS2002 includes both software application components and Web-based components. This section includes information about the latter: Web Author client, Server Configuration Application (SCA), and Authoring Connector.
Please refer to the attached VPAT. / Microsoft CMS2002 can be used to create customer Web sites; however it is the responsibility of the Web site owners and developers to ensure that these sites are accessible.
Section 1194.23 Telecommunications Products / Not Applicable
Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media Products / Not Applicable
Section 1194.25 Self-Contained, Closed Products / Not Applicable
Section 1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers / Not Applicable
Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria / Please refer to the attached VPAT.
Section 1194.41 (a) Information, Documentation and Support / Please refer to the attached VPAT.

Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems - Detail
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template

Criteria / Supporting Features / Remarks and explanations
(a) When software is designed to run on a system that has a keyboard, product functions shall be executable from a keyboard where the function itself or the result of performing a function can be discerned textually. / Installation: Supported
DCA: Supported with exceptions
Site Manager: Supported with exceptions
Site Stager: Supported
VS.NET Integration: Supported with exceptions
Authoring Connector:
Uninstall components: Supported / DCA:
Users will not be able to select a database for CMS using the SQL Server Login. There is a dropdown combo box in the SQL Server Login dialog that allows a user to select a specific database to use. The user cannot use standard windows keyboard navigation to get to this dropdown combo box.
Site Manager:
There are UI elements that cannot be navigated to using the keyboard.
There are instances where using keyboard navigation will break the ability of the user to use the keyboard to interact with the program, and the user must restart Site Manager to continue.
There are instances where accelerator keys are defined but do not work
There are some standard Windows shortcut keys that the program does not respond with. These include:
VS.NET Integration:
In the properties window for a placeholder server control, the PlaceholderToBind property has a combo box that will allow a user to select a placeholder definition to bind to this control. A user cannot select a listed option from a dropdown combo box with the keyboard. However, the user can type their selection into the combo box without using the dropdown functionality.
Authoring Connector:
There are two UI controls that are not keyboard accessible: the calendar control and tree control, but there are workarounds. To work around this, users can type in date/time directly instead of using the calendar control to select a date; user can also type in the full path of channel/template instead of using the tree control.
(b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features are developed and documented according to industry standards. Applications also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system that are identified as accessibility features where the application programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented by the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the product developer. / Installation: Supported
DCA: Supported
Site Manager: Supported
Site Stager: Supported
VS.NET Integration: Supported
Authoring Connector: Supported
Uninstall components: Supported
(c) A well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus shall be provided that moves among interactive interface elements as the input focus changes. The focus shall be programmatically exposed so that Assistive Technology can track focus and focus changes. / Installation: Supported
DCA: Supported
Site Manager: Supported
Site Stager: Supported
VS.NET Integration: Supported
Authoring Connector: Supported
Uninstall components: Supported
(d) Sufficient information about a user interface element including the identity, operation and state of the element shall be available to Assistive Technology. When an image represents a program element, the information conveyed by the image must also be available in text. / Installation: Supported with exceptions
DCA: Supported with exceptions
Site Manager: Supported with exceptions
Site Stager: Supported with exceptions
VS.NET Integration: Supported with exceptions
Authoring Connector: Supported with exceptions
Uninstall components: Supported with exceptions / Installation:
UI elements expose the properties correctly. Some of the properties are not correct. No controls have description properties. There are some controls that either have no name or have an incorrect name associated with it.
DCA:
UI elements expose the properties correctly. No controls have description properties. There are some controls that either have no name or have an incorrect name associated with it.
Site Manager:
There are some controls that do not expose any MSAA properties. There are some controls that do not expose the elements contained within the control (e.g. a list control). Some of the properties are not correct. No controls have description properties. There are some controls that either have no name or have an incorrect name associated with it.
Site Stager:
UI elements expose the properties correctly. Some of the properties are not correct. No controls have description properties. There are some controls that either have no name or have an incorrect name associated with it.
VS.NET Integration:
UI elements expose the properties correctly. Some of the properties are not correct. No controls have description properties. There are some controls that either have no name or have an incorrect name associated with it.
Authoring Connector:
UI elements expose the properties correctly. Some of the properties are not correct. No controls have description properties. There are some controls that either have no name or have an incorrect name associated with it.
Uninstall components:
UI elements expose the properties correctly. No controls have values for the description property.
(e) When bitmap images are used to identify controls, status indicators, or other programmatic elements, the meaning assigned to those images shall be consistent throughout an application's performance. / Installation: Not applicable (N/A)
DCA: N/A
Site Manager: Supported
Site Stager: N/A
VS.NET Integration: Supported
Authoring Connector: Supported
Uninstall components: N/A
(f) Textual information shall be provided through operating system functions for displaying text. The minimum information that shall be made available is text content, text input caret location, and text attributes. / Installation: Supported
DCA: Supported
Site Manager: Supported
Site Stager: Supported
VS.NET Integration: Supported
Authoring Connector: Supported
Uninstall components: Supported
(g) Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes. / Installation: Supported with exceptions
DCA: Supported with exceptions
Site Manager: Supported with exceptions
Site Stager: Supported
VS.NET Integration: Supported with exceptions
Authoring Connector: Supported
Uninstall components: Supported with exceptions / Installation:
There are instances where the text color does not change and instances where the background color does not change. The end result is that some text disappears when a high contrast color scheme is used. In most of the dialogs in the Installation, the function of the dialog is normally black text that is placed on a white image background at the top of the dialog. When a high contrast scheme is used where all text should be white and all backgrounds should be black, the function text changes to white, but the white background image does not change, so the function text effectively disappears.
DCA:
There are instances where the background color does not change. The end result is that some text disappears when a high contrast color scheme is used. In most of the dialogs in DCA, the function of the dialog is normally black text that is placed on a white image background. When a high contrast scheme is used where all text should be white and all backgrounds should be black, the function text changes to white, but the white background image does not change, so the function text effectively disappears.
Site Manager:
There are some icons and buttons that do not change color to match the selected user color scheme. The buttons that do not change are the toolbar icons in the main window (cut, copy, paste, delete, global refresh, properties). The icons for Channels, Resource Gallery, etc, contained in the far left pane do not change. The icons to the left of a node in a tree control do not change. The icons to the left of a list item (so the icon of a pencil to the left of any author rights group would be an example) do not change.
VS.NET Integration:
In the Custom Property Definition Collection Editor and Placeholder Definition Collection Editor, there is a black triangle pointing downward on a button next to the Add button. When a high contrast scheme of black background, white text is turned on, this black triangle image does not change, so the image effectively disappears. Therefore, the button has no information that communicates the purpose of the button.
Uninstall components:
There are instances where the background color does not change. The end result is that some text disappears when a high contrast color scheme is used. In most of the dialogs used when uninstalling, the function of the dialog is normally black text that is placed on a white image background at the top of the dialog. When a high contrast scheme is used where all text should be white and all backgrounds should be black, the function text changes to white, but the white background image does not change, so the function text effectively disappears.
(h) When animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least one non-animated presentation mode at the option of the user. / Installation: N/A
DCA: N/A
Site Manager: N/A
Site Stager: N/A
VS.NET Integration: N/A
Authoring Connector: N/A
Uninstall components: N/A
(i) Color coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element. / Installation: N/A
DCA: N/A
Site Manager: Supported
Site Stager: N/A
VS.NET Integration: Supported
Authoring Connector: Supported
Uninstall components: N/A
(j) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a variety of color selections capable of producing a range of contrast levels shall be provided. / Installation: N/A
DCA: N/A
Site Manager: N/A
Site Stager: N/A
VS.NET Integration: N/A
Authoring Connector: N/A
Uninstall components: N/A
(k) Software shall not use flashing or blinking text, objects, or other elements having a flash or blink frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. / Installation: N/A
DCA: N/A
Site Manager: N/A
Site Stager: N/A
VS.NET Integration: N/A
Authoring Connector: N/A
Uninstall components: N/A
(l) When electronic forms are used, the form shall allow people using Assistive Technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues. / Installation: Supported with exceptions
DCA: Supported with exceptions
Site Manager: Supported with exceptions
Site Stager: Supported with exceptions
VS.NET Integration: Supported with exceptions
Authoring Connector: Supported with exceptions
Uninstall components: Supported with exceptions / Installation:
Due to the lack of support for MSAA, certain information on a UI element such as the name or description may not be available to a user using an assistive technology device to be able to access all the necessary components to complete the electronic forms. All MSAA properties are exposed correctly, but some properties have no values or have incorrect values. Please refer to section 1194.21(d) for information regarding which MSAA properties have incorrect or missing property values.
DCA:
Due to the lack of support for MSAA, certain information on a UI element such as the name or description may not be available to a user using an assistive technology device to be able to access all the necessary components to complete the electronic forms. All MSAA properties are exposed correctly, but some properties have no values or have incorrect values. Please refer to section 1194.21(d) for information regarding which MSAA properties have incorrect or missing property values.
Site Manager:
Due to the lack of support for MSAA, certain information on a UI element such as the name or description may not be available to a user using an assistive technology device to be able to access all the necessary components to complete the electronic forms. All MSAA properties are exposed correctly, but some properties have no values or have incorrect values. Please refer to section 1194.21(d) for information regarding which MSAA properties have incorrect or missing property values.
Site Stager:
Due to the lack of support for MSAA, certain information on a UI element such as the name or description may not be available to a user using an assistive technology device to be able to access all the necessary components to complete the electronic forms. All MSAA properties are exposed correctly, but some properties have no values or have incorrect values. Please refer to section 1194.21(d) for information regarding which MSAA properties have incorrect or missing property values.
VS.NET Integration:
Due to the lack of support for MSAA, certain information on a UI element such as the name or description may not be available to a user using an assistive technology device to be able to access all the necessary components to complete the electronic forms. All MSAA properties are exposed correctly, but some properties have no values or have incorrect values. Please refer to section 1194.21(d) for information regarding which MSAA properties have incorrect or missing property values.
Authoring Connector:
Due to the lack of support for MSAA, certain information on a UI element such as the name or description may not be available to a user using an assistive technology device to be able to access all the necessary components to complete the electronic forms. All MSAA properties are exposed correctly, but some properties have no values or have incorrect values. Please refer to section 1194.21(d) for information regarding which MSAA properties have incorrect or missing property values.
Uninstall components:
Due to the lack of support for MSAA, certain information on a UI element such as the name or description may not be available to a user using an assistive technology device to be able to access all the necessary components to complete the electronic forms. All MSAA properties are exposed correctly, but some properties have no values or have incorrect values. Please refer to section 1194.21(d) for information regarding which MSAA properties have incorrect or missing property values.


Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet information and applications - Detail