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Anyone developing on a digitizer-equipped PC? Can it be done? 2
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According to the Microsoft Indonesia Website: "Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is the operating system that comes preinstalled on every new Tablet PC. Because of the special hardware features of a Tablet PC, the operating system cannot be purchased separately for installation on any PC."
And, according to the Microsoft Windows For Tablet PC website, "Note: The Tablet PC Platform SDK can be installed on Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional. On these platforms your application can collect ink with InkCollector and can be tested and debugged. However, there is no recognition available."
Test and debug without the recognition feature? Right. Only Microsoft can put that kind of stuff out there with a straight face!
And, according to the Microsoft Windows For Tablet PC website, "Note: The Tablet PC Platform SDK can be installed on Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional. On these platforms your application can collect ink with InkCollector and can be tested and debugged. However, there is no recognition available."
Test and debug without the recognition feature? Right. Only Microsoft can put that kind of stuff out there with a straight face!
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For what this is worth.
If you have Office XP Professional (at least that's what I have) on a regular Computer running Windows 2000 Pro. And you do not shut off the tool bar that shows up when Office XP is first installed. You have the ability to use the hand writing recognition. I have done this and it does recognize my writing and puts it where the cursor is blinking in an Office Document such as Word or Access. This is done using a standard mouse.
So if you had a regular touch screen monitor and you had a stylus instead of your finger you could do it as well.
Now several manufactures who make digitizer tablets have had the ability to let you sketch on the tablet with the included pen and it will show up in a paint program. I would think that you could use these digitizers to do the same thing. Kurta and Summa are 2 tablet manufacturers that come to mind.
DougP, MCP
If you have Office XP Professional (at least that's what I have) on a regular Computer running Windows 2000 Pro. And you do not shut off the tool bar that shows up when Office XP is first installed. You have the ability to use the hand writing recognition. I have done this and it does recognize my writing and puts it where the cursor is blinking in an Office Document such as Word or Access. This is done using a standard mouse.
So if you had a regular touch screen monitor and you had a stylus instead of your finger you could do it as well.
Now several manufactures who make digitizer tablets have had the ability to let you sketch on the tablet with the included pen and it will show up in a paint program. I would think that you could use these digitizers to do the same thing. Kurta and Summa are 2 tablet manufacturers that come to mind.
DougP, MCP
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If you have the Universal MSDN subscription, you get XP Pro Tablet edition, which can be installed on any computer. I have it installed on a P-III 800mhz. I also plugged in a Wacom digitizer tablet, which it recognized and worked with, without loading the supplied drivers. I did install drivers anyways, which enabled some of the "extra" features of the tablet.
The only feature that doesn't work is the "write anywhere" feature, which says that it can't detect the hardware.
I haven't tried the SDK route with a Wacom tablet.
Also, I don't know if the Tablet edition of XP Pro comes with "lower" subscription versions.
A price search shows the MSDN Universal available for $1200. (I paid a little less, and also caught the $300 rebate offer from last April). So, for about half the price of a tablet, you get all the MS development software, all the office software, and the new One-Note (tablet app) and Office 2003 when it comes out (also tablet enhanced).
The only feature that doesn't work is the "write anywhere" feature, which says that it can't detect the hardware.
I haven't tried the SDK route with a Wacom tablet.
Also, I don't know if the Tablet edition of XP Pro comes with "lower" subscription versions.
A price search shows the MSDN Universal available for $1200. (I paid a little less, and also caught the $300 rebate offer from last April). So, for about half the price of a tablet, you get all the MS development software, all the office software, and the new One-Note (tablet app) and Office 2003 when it comes out (also tablet enhanced).
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