Revolution is not Tablet PC compliant

[Walton Sumner]

Rob, I also use a tablet PC, but there are several features that Rev does
not support. So far I just make do without. Besides handwriting recognition,
a tablet PC usually offers a floating keyboard/writing pad when your pen
hovers over a text area. Rev does not support this either in scripts or in
editable fields. 

The fixed on-screen keyboard works fine, if you like pecking at keys with a
pen. Tried using the handwriting recognition to insert characters in fields
and the script editor, seems that it inserts a box with chartonum() value of
zero after every legitimate character. I have not tried to intercept this.
 
One of my projects is a survey development kit. Although most inputs require
only tapping/clicking, it would certainly benefit from accepting handwritten
responses. Please post your bugzilla  (
http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/ ) number when you have it.

I agree that Rev seems unique in not supporting the tablet very well, and
that tablets and Rev should have a rich future.

Walton Sumner

> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:10:54 -0800
> From: Rob Cozens <rcozens at pon.net>
> Subject: Re: Revolution is not Tablet PC compliant
> To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
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> Hi Jeffrey,
> 
>> I have a whale research project next year we were hoping to use
>> tablet pcs on with rev to collect data. hadnt gotten my hands on a
>> tablet pc to test rev yet. Is this something that we might see
>> coming into rev in the next version? The tablets are just starting
>> to mature now and becoming viable options in more mobile situations
>> and custom programming for this kind of an interface/interaction is
>> perfect for the flexibility of rev.
> 
> I will Bugzilla this as soon as I find my way there: the URL  I
> received from bugzilla-daemon in March 2004 no longer exists.
> 
> Obviously, I'm the only person currently running Revolution on a TPC;
> but I suggest that _every_ RunRev developer who targets the Windows
> market has a stake in seeing RunRev made TPC compliant.  Either that,
> or be prepared to acknowledge that her/his applications are not TPC compliant.