Revolution is not Tablet PC compliant

Rob Cozens rcozens at pon.net
Thu Dec 1 11:51:28 EST 2005


Hi All,

I have just completed my first round of testing RunRev for TPC 
(Tablet PC) compliance.  Sadly, it is the least compliant application 
I have run on my TPC in the year+ I've owned it.  :{(

There are small issues, such as the IDE not recognizing changes in 
screen orientation; but the real killer is RunRev's inability to 
correctly accept text input to a field from the Writing Pad--I didn't 
bother to try speech-to-text.

Example:

I write (in script) "One two three" in the Writing Pad after giving 
focus to a field,

and I get: "O"&numToChar(0)&"n"&numToChar(0)&"e"&numToChar(0)&" 
"&numToChar(0)&"t"&numToChar(0)&..." in the field.

This happens in both the Development System and standalones.

I suspect the problem is tied to RunRev's need to process keyboard 
input character-by-character while Windows XP TPC Edition sends a 
string of characters from the Writing Pad (& presumably the Speech 
Tools) to Rev or a standalone at one time.

RunRev is the _only_ application I have run on my TPC that doesn't 
get the text correctly from the Writing Pad.

Rob Cozens CCW
Serendipity Software Company

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
  Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

  from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)




More information about the use-livecode mailing list