Access and a touch screen

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pokdbz

Can Access have as an input a touch screen?

Does anyone have any info on this like what type of monitor is needed and
any special programming needs for this?
 
R

Rick Brandt

pokdbz said:
Can Access have as an input a touch screen?

Does anyone have any info on this like what type of monitor is needed
and any special programming needs for this?
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The touchscreen interface basically replaces the mouse so if your app can be
used with a mouse it can be used with a touchscreen. You might need
something that provides an on-screen keyboard if the touchscreen is going to
be the sole interface.
 
P

pokdbz

I thought that it would be just like a mouse. Some of the controls might
have to be worked around like drop down boxes don't you think?

Does anyone know any good touch screen monitor companies?
 
J

Jeff Conrad

Yes, Access can work just fine for use as a touch screen interface
as Rick has already mentioned. However, careful consideration
of the controls will be needed. In some sense you need to "unlearn"
some of your normal Access/Database interface design guidelines.

You need to make the controls bigger for sure and as Rick has
already pointed out, if you need the users to actually type something
in, you need to provide a form that emulates a keyboard. The
same is true for numbers; you need to present a number keypad
form. All of this is certainly possible. I've even considered making
some sample forms for this purpose, but have not found the time
as of yet.

Pay careful attention to combo boxes and list boxes as those can
sometimes be a pain. A similar question was asked yesterday and
I provided some simple code to drop down a combo box list
with a command button:

Private Sub cmdDropDownList_Click()
Me.cboMyComboBox.SetFocus
Me.cboMyComboBox.Dropdown
End Sub

For touch screen monitors just do some Google searching as
many different companies offer these. I am not at one of our
store locations today so I cannot provide the specific type
we use, but I think it is either an ELO (by Samsung) or a
CTL (by MicroTech). That's from memory, so I may be
off a bit.

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
http://home.bendbroadband.com/conradsystems/accessjunkie.html
http://www.access.qbuilt.com/html/articles.html

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P

pokdbz

Can you have a keyboard and mouse still hooked up to the computer if you have
a touch screen?
 
J

Jeff Conrad

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Can you have a keyboard and mouse still hooked up to the computer if you have
a touch screen?
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Certainly.
We actually leave a keyboard and mouse hooked up to the POS system
in case we need it in an emergency.
 
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