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Vladimir Ralev 's TabletPC 1.0 Advanced Remote Control allows user to have a Pocket PC as an input device for desktop or laptop computers.
"Despite the cool graphics this application is surprisingly useful. I tuned it to behave mostly like a touchpad, but I did some extensions so you can use it in graphics design as a tablet input device for your workstation PC. When you get on it you will find it great for use with the top-line image creation / processing software (Adobe Photoshop, CorelDraw, 3D stuff etc.). The background image is created this way. I even use it to upload this entry on CodeProject."
Note that the server side on the computer will open and need access to a specific port (TCP 333), so if you're using a personal firewall, some tweaking will be needed.
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More information: http://www.codeproject.com/netcf/TabletPC.asp
Source: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=2740 editor's note: Great tip...thanks knelson!
Ok, this looks like a really cool program.. anyone tested it out?
I would, but alas, I'm in a bit of a situation... see my thread in the Hardware forum..
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__________________ James Kendrick Microsoft MVP - Tablet PCwww.jkontherun.com Lockergnome contributor- Mobile Lifestyle...using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs.
I've been playing with this for a while now and it's pretty cool. My particular problem is using it with a dual monitor setup- it freaks it out a little.
Response time is very good and it does seem to be a pretty precise input technique. I'm still racking my brain for coming up with a good use for it, though. I guess for precise hand graphics work.
Or maybe controlling a wall mounted monitor?
__________________ James Kendrick Microsoft MVP - Tablet PCwww.jkontherun.com Lockergnome contributor- Mobile Lifestyle...using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs.
... I'm still racking my brain for coming up with a good use for it, though. I guess for precise hand graphics work.
Or maybe controlling a wall mounted monitor?
J- How's your Japanese or Chinese? This thing is a God-send for those of us who want to use the Far East Input Method Editor's character pad on our laptops or desktops... it's even more of a God-send for those of us who have a tenuious at best grasp of the language. When you run into a Chinese character that you don't know, the only way to learn it is to look it up. There are no pronunciation hints. So how do you look up an abstract doodle? Your best bet is to break it down into radicals, but again if your language knowledge is weak then you may have trouble recognizing the component parts.
No the easiest and surest way is to simply copy the character and let the dictionary figure it out. So if you enable Japanese on your system you'll see that one of the input options is handwritting. But without a touchscreen how do you do that? The mouse or mouse pad is far too clumsy and imprecise.
This was why I bought a PPC in the first place! So that I could use it as a convenient Japanese/English dictionary. Now I may be able to use the same tool for input on my PC. Great!
I am so stoked about this thing. I'll let you know tonight if it works like I hope it will.
kamikun,
Excellent use for it! My Chinese/Japanese is nonexistent so of course this use never occurred to me. I hope it works well for you- let us know how it goes.
__________________ James Kendrick Microsoft MVP - Tablet PCwww.jkontherun.com Lockergnome contributor- Mobile Lifestyle...using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs.
kamikun,
... My Chinese/Japanese is nonexistent ...
After 7 years in country so, sadly, is mine pretty much.
Anyways, the app installed and worked exactly as advertised. But it was almost impossible to control to any degree because of the way you have to select "left mouse button depress." The WinXP IME is very forgiving of mistrokes and out-of sequence strokes, but it is strict about the number of strokes. And everytime you "depress" or "release" the LMB in this app, the IME counts that as another stroke. On most PC sketch pads, the stylus has a button near the tip of the index finger that acts as the LMB.
As I told the author, I spent over an hour trying to write "dog" in kanji with no success. In less than a day he got back in touch and said he had added an option for LMB to be mapped to the "action" button on the PPC.
Woot. 8-) That's perfect. Looking forward to his new version. BTW- scroll to the bottom of the page to send and read feedback on this app. Good stuff.
It's great when you get a responsive programmer (like Brad ). BTW, when I tried it in VGA it used the whole screen. The blue bitmap was quarter screen but the touch pad worked whole screen.
__________________ James Kendrick Microsoft MVP - Tablet PCwww.jkontherun.com Lockergnome contributor- Mobile Lifestyle...using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs.
J- How's that?? That was not my experience. Did you do anything funky to get it to use all the real estate?
Please let me know 'cause that would make a huge difference in usablity.
Thanks
I just loaded it up and started playing with it. It let me drag the stylus around all over the PPC screen. I got into trouble because it freaked out with my dual monitor on the desktop side. It jumped all over the place when the cursor went into the 2nd screen.
__________________ James Kendrick Microsoft MVP - Tablet PCwww.jkontherun.com Lockergnome contributor- Mobile Lifestyle...using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs.
J- How's that?? That was not my experience. Did you do anything funky to get it to use all the real estate?
Please let me know 'cause that would make a huge difference in usablity.
Thanks
OK, I just went back in and played a bit. The entire top half of the screen in VGA works fine but it goes dead the bottom half. It's definitely not confined to the quarter screen area.
__________________ James Kendrick Microsoft MVP - Tablet PCwww.jkontherun.com Lockergnome contributor- Mobile Lifestyle...using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs.
). BTW, when I tried it in VGA it used the whole screen. The blue bitmap was quarter screen but the touch pad worked whole screen.
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