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Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access?

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On Apr 5, 8:56 pm, TC <existential.philoso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been asked to upgrade a gatehouse application. The current
> application is written in Access 95. It has many little features, but
> its main job is to let the gate attendant look up people quickly and
> decide whether or not to let them in. The current application works
> surprisingly well, but the customer wants better performance, a better
> user interface, and a few new features. The current application runs
> on a PC in the gatehouse. If the customer is satisfied keeping the app
> on the PC, I believe their requirements can be easily satisfied with a
> newer version of Access.
>
> However, they want to consider getting away from the PC and running
> the app on hand-held touch screens, which the guards will carry into
> the street as they engage drivers. I've concluded that this is
> feasible -- there is nothing difficult about maintaining a wireless
> connection or designing an effective user interface for an iPad sized
> device. Unfortunately, the standard controls available in Access are
> not very good for touch screens. In particular, I find that list boxes
> which require scrolling are very difficult to use. It should be
> possible to replace them with some kind of control that lets the user
> "roll" up and down through a list. It would also be nice to have tab
> controls that let the user drag pages open rather than clicking on
> tabs.
>
> Does anyone know where I can get controls like these, or any other
> controls that are specifically designed for touch screens, and which
> work well with Access? Has anyone used Access for a touch-screen app?
> And if so, can you give me advice on the pros and cons of using Access
> for this kind of development?
>
> -TC

PDC08 session PC03 indicated that there is a Touch Platform API, but I
don't remember if it was available for Vista or Windows 7 only.  I
think most of the touch laptops use one of those anyway.  I haven't
tried using multi-touch with any version of Access, but that's where I
would start.  I'm mostly finished viewing the PDC08 sessions, but I
haven't viewed any of the PDC09 sessions, so more recent information
might be available.

James A. Fortune
CDMAPoster@FortuneJames.com

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Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? TC <existential.philosophy@gmail.com> - 2011-04-05 17:56 -0700
  Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? "Albert D. Kallal" <PleaseNOOOsPAMmkallal@msn.com> - 2011-04-06 03:50 -0600
    Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? TC <existential.philosophy@gmail.com> - 2011-04-06 08:33 -0700
    Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? "David-W-Fenton" <NoEmail@SeeSignature.invalid> - 2011-04-06 17:21 +0000
    Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? "David-W-Fenton" <NoEmail@SeeSignature.invalid> - 2011-04-06 17:25 +0000
      Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? TC <existential.philosophy@gmail.com> - 2011-04-06 12:51 -0700
        Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? The Frog <mr.frog.to.you@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-07 00:29 -0700
          Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? "David-W-Fenton" <NoEmail@SeeSignature.invalid> - 2011-04-09 21:23 +0000
        Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? "Albert D. Kallal" <PleaseNOOOsPAMmkallal@msn.com> - 2011-04-08 11:14 -0600
          Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? "David-W-Fenton" <NoEmail@SeeSignature.invalid> - 2011-04-09 21:25 +0000
      Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? "Albert D. Kallal" <PleaseNOOOsPAMmkallal@msn.com> - 2011-04-08 11:11 -0600
      Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? "Albert D. Kallal" <PleaseNOOOsPAMmkallal@msn.com> - 2011-04-08 11:11 -0600
  Re: Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access? "James A. Fortune" <CDMAPoster@FortuneJames.com> - 2011-04-06 20:53 -0700

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