Touch Screen Capabilities

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Douglas J. Steele

It's not Access that needs the touch screen capabilities, it's the
combination of the hardware and the operating system.

If your workstation has touch screen capabilities, Access can use it.
 
G

geocoy

So, up date me, exactly what kind of hardware and Operating system do I need
to have touch screen applications. I am interested in developing a MS Access
appplication with this technology
 
D

Dale Fye

Tablet PCs have this ability.

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Boyd Trimmell aka HiTechCoach via AccessMonster.co

geocoy said:
So, up date me, exactly what kind of hardware and Operating system do I need
to have touch screen applications. I am interested in developing a MS Access
appplication with this technology
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The Operating system will have to be one that will run your software (your
version of MS Access). The hardware will have to be able to run the Operating
system.

You are in luck. There are Touch Screens that support Windows. There are
several types.

The basics: A touch sreen is basically an input device that appears like a
"mouse". The Operating system sends this data to the running application. In
your case, Access does not know or care what type of device sent the "mouse"
data, it just uses this information (mouse or touch screen).
 
A

Arvin Meyer [MVP]

A touch screen works like a mouse input, so the mouse events (click,
double-click, etc.) work the same in Access for a mouse or touch screen. You
can buy monitors with built in touch screens, or retro-fit the membrane over
an existing screen.

There are literally dozens of manufacturers and suppliers. Just type "Touch
Screen" in a Google search.
 
A

Arvin Meyer [MVP]

Dale Fye said:
Tablet PCs have this ability.
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Not exactly. TabletPCs use a pressure sensitive magnetic stylus. They are
not touch screens, although 1 or 2 may have that capability. The screen on a
TabletPC is closer to a Graphics pad similar to a Wacom.
 
D

Dale Fye

good point. I guess I'm just so used to the stylus on our tablets, that I
forget I have to use the stylus.
 
A

Arturo

I used 3M 15 inch Touch Screen LCD M150 monitors in a restaurant for 4 years
with XP Pro and Access 2003. There are serial and USB connectors. All you
need is the monitor of choice and the drivers for that monitor. Connect to
any computer that accommodates the cabling.
 
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