On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Mike Copeland <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -----------------
No and yes. You also have the gesture where the mouse click had down and up states, the gesture is a lot different. A drag and drop is old school where you could toss or pass the data object to the receiving object. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ 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/cajidmyj1hqcouof7rtnxqlpkqgaoupj4umzg5nffymoju60...@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.

