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provide reliable methods for exposing Information about user interface elements.

Microsoft Active Accessibility was originally made available in April 1997 in the form of a Re-Distributable Kit (RDK) that included updated operating system components for Microsoft Windows 95 . Since Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4, Active Accessibility has been built-into all versions of the Windows platform, and has received periodic upgrades over time to increase its robustness and versatility.

A new managed code accessibility API known as Microsoft UI Automation (UIA) in addition to Active Assessibility is being introduced with .NET Framework 3.0 to drive user interfaces.


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