Re: FLASH: RE: Flash with Touch Screen

[mbain]

1> A touch screen is a ppointing device just like a mouse.

There is no interface (not visible to the developer or user anyways)

Just like a mouse is plugged in and installed by the operating system ...so is a

touch screen.


2> a touch scren will come with its own software, its own drivers ..run the

installation program and viola

t5hink of the touch screen as one of thise track pads on a laptop ..it just

replaces the mouse ...no special consideration for it required when using that

touchpad with any programs or flash movie


3>not difficult at all as you have to do nothing id you installed the

touchscreen correctly

think of a toucg screen as a screen with a built in mouse

Instead of using a ball that rolls on wheels it uses a finger that rolls on a

touchable grid (like the touchpads on laptops).



PS ...i think you misunderstood the concept that a tpuch screen is just another

mouse.

you plug it in, install the driver and its just like having another mouse on the

screen ...juts like you dont have to program the mpouse in flash or use any

external software to run it with a flash movie you dont need it with a touch

screen ...a touc screen is just another type of mouse ;like a trackball, a

touchpad on a laptop or  one of those ibm thinkpad mouse joystick thingys...you

dont need to consider it in running your flash movie ..its controlled by the

operating system like any other pointing device :o)


I hope that clears it up :o)


Michael Bain

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Thanks to Michael & James who agree that Flash will accept touch-screen

inputs as it would a mouse click.  A couple more questions for anyone who has

developed a touch screen application ...


1. What interface translates the person's touch on the screen to the

equivalent of a mouse-click in Flash?


2.  If this interface is a software program, do you know of any

examples/recommendations of software to use?


3.  How difficult/time-consuming is this aspect (incorporating the

touch-screen aspect after the Flash movie is completed)?


Thanks!

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Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash with Touch Screens


As far as I know ....all the touch screen does is replace the mouse ...it

becomes the pointing device ..so theoretically a flash movie would work fine

with a touch screen (as long as you dont want to drag and rightclick and

stuf) - i think ....the flash movie wont know the difference ...will just

think its the mouse that clicked.


Michael Bain

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