Article ID: 819945 - Last Review: December 30, 2006 - Revision: 2.1

FIX: ASP.NET Controls Do Not Meet Accessibility Guidelines

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SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft ASP.NET Web controls that are included with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET do not meet the standards of Section 508 of the 1998 Rehabilitation Act. Section 508 is a subset of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the hotfix that is described in the following article:
821156  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821156/ ) INFO: ASP.NET 1.1 June 2003 Hotfix Rollup Package

MORE INFORMATION

These controls are affected by this hotfix:
  • Label
  • Image
  • DataList
  • Table
  • DataGrid
For more information about Section 508, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft ASP.NET 1.1
Keywords: 
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