Someone (3M?) produces a touchscreen film you can apply to an existing screen.
On 8 July 2012 19:21, Mike Copeland <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Alan. Touch interface has always intrigued me...it's the cost of > the touch screens that provides a barrier. > > Mike > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Windows 8 > From: Alan Lukachko <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 7/7/2012 11:47 PM > > We've have a customer running a VFP touch screen app on Windows XP and > Windows 7 for ove 4 years. The Touch screen is an HP (forgot the exact > model) and we used the drivers for the HP. Not sure of the exact operation > but you can use touch or the mouse to select a field. Have yet to check it > out on Windows 8, but I see no reason why it wouldn't. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mike Copeland > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 12:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Windows 8 > > Curious about touchscreen w/Win8. I'm assuming Win8 requires a > touchscreen monitor (hardware) for the touchscreen features to work. > All the monitors I've priced are $270 and up. Maybe greater demand will > drive the price of touchscreen monitors down below $200... > > Will a VFP 9 application, running on Win8, be able to benefit from the > touchscreen monitor? I'm guessing the "touch" would be interpreted as a > mouse click event? If yes, and if monitor prices drop, then that's > something to get excited about; as in a Point of Sale application scenario. > > Mike Copeland > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Windows 8 > From: Sytze de Boer <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 7/7/2012 11:19 PM > > Now I KNOW some of you guys are all excited by running VFP on Windows 8 > I've been testing it today, just to make sure my apps will run smoothly on > W8 > > All the titles are now centered........ > > Otherwise, smooth as, and real quick too > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cadwx0+jg0du7asgzfgtfda5pe+y-2lsdbpp3ddv9p1urzqj...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
