Tablet PC And Rev

[Tim Bleiler]

Marian,

Thanks for your reply. It sounds like most simple stacks should run  
fine. Most of my text input would be pretty simple. I wonder if when  
the screen is rotated the working ScreenRect returns values  
consistent with the new screen orientation.


Tim Bleiler
Instructional Designer, HSIT
University at Buffalo
Phone: 716-829-3867


On Nov 20, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Marian Petrides, MD wrote:

>
> On Nov 20, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Tim Bleiler wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Anyone try using Rev with a Tablet PC lately. I don't have one of  
>> these machines but I have a client who is thinking of getting one.  
>> There hasn't been any discussion on the list about these devices  
>> recently but in some older posts there were issues with stylus  
>> input into Rev fields. Is that still an issue?
> Tim,
>
> I have a tablet but do most of my development on a Mac and then  
> port over to Windows.  So I don't have experience actually CREATING  
> stacks on a tablet but I do have a little experience running ported  
> stacks on it (see my reply to your second question below.
>
> If you are talking about entering text into an input field using  
> the stylus, I haven't tried that, but I'll see if I can get around  
> to creating a little stack to test it.  If you could give a  
> specific example, I'll try to implement that.
>
>> Are there other issues related to the touch screen? Is it possible  
>> to accommodate the screen twisting and changing orientation at  
>> runtime?
>
> I have a stack that was initially designed to be 800X400 (to allow  
> it to play even in Win 95). It uses graphic buttons, radio buttons  
> and check boxes and works fine on my HP 2710p tablet running  
> Vista.  The only issue is that when I rotate the screen, the stack  
> is a bit too wide to display completely in portrait view.  The fit  
> is pretty close, so I didn't even notice it until you asked, but I  
> suspect a stack that is much wider than 800 pixels won't work very  
> well.
>
> HTH.
>
> Marian
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