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Are There Good Touch Screen Controls for Access?

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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

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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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