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
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