A client wants me to write a PB application on a 'FlyBook'. This is a oversized PDA with a keyboard that runs Windows XP-Pro. Its got lots of RAM and disk space and a rather nifty screen that flips over to face outwards so it can be used as a touch screen.
Has anyone out there had any experience with using a Flybook?
I have found a few references in the Forum to using Touch Screens, but if anyone has some up to date experience with them that they would be willing to share I would appreciate some tips.
Thanks in advance
Richard
Tablet / TouchScreen / Flybook
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Jan Vooijs
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I have one flybook, what do you want to know? The touchscreen works as if it is a mouse so no problem there, nothing special. And yes PB aps run on them.
I you want to try your app before going to your cust, let me know.
Jan V.
I have one flybook, what do you want to know? The touchscreen works as if it is a mouse so no problem there, nothing special. And yes PB aps run on them.
I you want to try your app before going to your cust, let me know.
Jan V.
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Yep,
i know someone (else) who owns an old slow flybook and I am using a Lifebook which also has a touchscreen.
The pen actions are "translated" by its drivers into mouse events, so a programmer does not see any difference between a mouse click or drag and drop movement and doing the same actions with the pen...
Michael.
i know someone (else) who owns an old slow flybook and I am using a Lifebook which also has a touchscreen.
The pen actions are "translated" by its drivers into mouse events, so a programmer does not see any difference between a mouse click or drag and drop movement and doing the same actions with the pen...
Michael.
Thank guys,
Looks like simple applications should not present too many problems. The job I'm going to do involves managing some low power radio systems to extract data from some kit I designed a while ago in rough looking prototype form. The new version has to be dressed up to look like a smart Windows program with lots of pie-charts and file management.
What I like about PB is that I know it will produce fast, reliable code... its down to me to make it elegent and beautiful.
My laptop has a touch pad mouse which works OK; and I can make it simulate the left mouse button with a short double tap. How does the flybook simulate mouse buttons? ... much the same I'm guessing.
I'm looking forward to the arrival of a V33 as soon as the UK distributors have them... I returned an A33 last week without taking it out of the box because the V33's were coming "real soon now", now I'm regretting it!
Apparently there is a new 6Hour battery just about to be released.
Richard
Looks like simple applications should not present too many problems. The job I'm going to do involves managing some low power radio systems to extract data from some kit I designed a while ago in rough looking prototype form. The new version has to be dressed up to look like a smart Windows program with lots of pie-charts and file management.
What I like about PB is that I know it will produce fast, reliable code... its down to me to make it elegent and beautiful.
My laptop has a touch pad mouse which works OK; and I can make it simulate the left mouse button with a short double tap. How does the flybook simulate mouse buttons? ... much the same I'm guessing.
I'm looking forward to the arrival of a V33 as soon as the UK distributors have them... I returned an A33 last week without taking it out of the box because the V33's were coming "real soon now", now I'm regretting it!
Apparently there is a new 6Hour battery just about to be released.
Richard