Tablet PC And Rev

[Tim Bleiler]

Marian,

Thanks. Your experience with text input is consistent with older  
comments I found in the archives of this list. Has this problem been  
reported as a bug or is it more appropriately entered as a feature  
request? Sometimes my searches miss things.

--Tim


On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:39 PM, Marian Petrides, MD wrote:

> Tim
>
> I just created a stack with a single button and a single field  
> named "MyField" containing the following script:
>
> 	On MouseUp
> 		Ask "What is your name?"
> 		Get it
> 		put it into field "MyField"
> 	End mouseUp
>
> It runs fine in both orientations, but the sticky wicket is that it  
> does not allow input from the stylus--not even if you try to use  
> the Tablet PC Input Panel (the insert button is dimmed out on the  
> Input Panel).  So the only way to enter text is by the keyboard.    
> And THAT is problematic when the tablet is in portrait orientation  
> because the keyboard is hidden behind the tablet screen.  It IS  
> possible but it is very kludgy.  And, more importantly, you can NOT  
> enter handwritten text.  Or maybe you can and I just don't know how  
> to capture such input.
>
> Sorry.
>
> M
> On Nov 20, 2008, at 2:04 PM, Tim Bleiler wrote:
>
>> 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
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> use-revolution mailing list
>>> use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your  
>>> subscription preferences:
>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> use-revolution mailing list
>> use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your  
>> subscription preferences:
>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
>
> _______________________________________________
> use-revolution mailing list
> use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your  
> subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
>