> Has anybody done this and care to share war stories? I am > considering options for a workflow management system that > appears well suited for a touch screen interface. > > It looks like the OS choices for a thin client with touch > screen are Windows CE or XP embedded. What would make you > choose one over the other. Assume BlueDragon and SQL Server > 2005 backend.
Like Jerry said, there's nothing specific about touch screens, really. You generally have to make buttons bigger if people are going to use their fingers instead of a stylus, though. As for what thin client you're going to use, do you plan to develop custom hardware or are you looking for something off the shelf? You should probably let the available hardware drive the answer to this. Windows CE and XP embedded are both fine choices for custom hardware, and there are all sorts of other OSs available for this. If you're actually building an application with a relatively simple HTML interface, it won't really matter much what you use here. Beyond that, choices for advanced functionality (Flash, AJAX, etc) are pretty limited with Windows CE, although there is FP7 for Windows CE. Frankly, for either environment you might choose instead to build a client-server app using .NET on the client and web services on the server. Windows CE supports .NET Compact Framework. BlueDragon would be a nice fit here, since presumably you could also use native .NET web services, which are often more easily consumed by .NET clients. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292432 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
