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Many graphic tablets work like a mouse, when we are looking from a position
of Delphi application. When user moves pen your app gets mouse movement
messages. For extended functions you need to implement tablet specific code.

Milos.

"ADS" <armindo.da-silva@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
news:8fo83o$gii$1@wanadoo.fr...
> Hi there,
>
> does anyone know how to support graphic tablet with C++ builder or Delphi?
> In particulary with the Wintab32.dll?
>
> thanks
>
> Armindo.
>
>

>does anyone know how to support graphic tablet with C++ builder or Delphi?
>In particulary with the Wintab32.dll?

I would contact one or more of the companies who produce tablets and
ask them. There is probably either a specific Windows function for
(the more advanced) actions, or an API of some kind..


Phil

Hi Milos,

you're write for the movement, but not for the sensitive pressure...


thanks

Armindo


> Many graphic tablets work like a mouse, when we are looking from a
position
> of Delphi application. When user moves pen your app gets mouse movement
> messages. For extended functions you need to implement tablet specific
code.
>
> Milos.
>
> "ADS" <armindo.da-silva@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
> news:8fo83o$gii$1@wanadoo.fr...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > does anyone know how to support graphic tablet with C++ builder or
Delphi?
> > In particulary with the Wintab32.dll?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Armindo.
> >
> >
>
>

Hi Phil,

There's an api at pointing.com, but no example in pascal, only in Microsoft
Visual C.
I need to make an header to support the winpad.dll

Armindo.

> >does anyone know how to support graphic tablet with C++ builder or
Delphi?
> >In particulary with the Wintab32.dll?
>
> I would contact one or more of the companies who produce tablets and
> ask them. There is probably either a specific Windows function for
> (the more advanced) actions, or an API of some kind..
>
>
> Phil
>

In article <8fo83o$gii$1@wanadoo.fr>, ADS <armindo.da-silva@wanadoo.fr>
writes
>does anyone know how to support graphic tablet with C++ builder or Delphi?
>In particulary with the Wintab32.dll?

I have been searching for one for ages but seems like it is unsupported.
Pointing.com are supposed to be the official soure for the wintab dll
but they are not interested. I even asked for a quotation for them to do
the work but received no reply. Looking at the toolkit (in C) it would
take years to implement it.

If anyone can produce a DLL that we could poll for pressure data, let us
have a price.
-- 
Dave Peters
DP Software
Software for needlework
+44 (0)1454 612598
www.dpsoftware.co.uk
www.stitches.co.uk
www.ukmalls.co.uk

Hi Dave,
the solution is probably more easy than you think, because many tablet are
provided with WinTab.dll, the "only" thing to do is to import function from
this DLL, so the main job is to translate Wintab.h to wintab.pas, the with
this unit call all function imbeded into the library.
I don't know nothing in C, so I can't do this.
But if you find a solution let me know.

English version available tomorrow.

bye

Armindo.


> In article <8fo83o$gii$1@wanadoo.fr>, ADS <armindo.da-silva@wanadoo.fr>
> writes
> >does anyone know how to support graphic tablet with C++ builder or
Delphi?
> >In particulary with the Wintab32.dll?
>
> I have been searching for one for ages but seems like it is unsupported.
> Pointing.com are supposed to be the official soure for the wintab dll
> but they are not interested. I even asked for a quotation for them to do
> the work but received no reply. Looking at the toolkit (in C) it would
> take years to implement it.
>
> If anyone can produce a DLL that we could poll for pressure data, let us
> have a price.
> --
> Dave Peters
> DP Software
> Software for needlework
> +44 (0)1454 612598
> www.dpsoftware.co.uk
> www.stitches.co.uk
> www.ukmalls.co.uk

In article <8g2ptu$dsq$1@wanadoo.fr>, ADS <armindo.da-silva@wanadoo.fr>
writes
>the solution is probably more easy than you think, because many tablet are
>provided with WinTab.dll, the "only" thing to do is to import function from
>this DLL, so the main job is to translate Wintab.h to wintab.pas, the with
>this unit call all function imbeded into the library.
>I don't know nothing in C, so I can't do this.
>But if you find a solution let me know.

I don't know C either but even when that is done, you have to understand
the entire wintab spec which involves setting up all sorts of message
procedures- there is no easy way to just get the pressure values (not
that I could see anyway). The spec is written in such a way that if you
don't know C, you haven't got a chance.

What I'm looking for is someone that can write a simple callable DLL
that returns the pressure value of the pen. I'm not even looking for it
free, I'm writing commercial software and prepared to pay. Maybe it just
can't be done !

Regards
-- 
Dave Peters
DP Software
Software for needlework
+44 (0)1454 612598
www.dpsoftware.co.uk
www.stitches.co.uk
www.ukmalls.co.uk