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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Windows 8 multi-touch?

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wattywatts
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Posted: 8th Aug 2014 06:08
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I'm thinking about buying a windows 8 tablet and want to make something like this https://gameplay.gestureworks.com/virtual_controllers

However I've never used Windows 8 before and just want to know if we can use the touch screen functionality in dbpro.
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MrValentine
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Posted: 8th Aug 2014 06:55
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By Tablet I assume you mean a Pro Model and not an RT device...

I think you can use some form of system DLL calls to utilise the multi touch but it may mean building your own interface and registering each touch and keeping track of them...

Single Touch does work as a mouse by default though

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wattywatts
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Posted: 10th Aug 2014 06:42
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Surface PRO, correct, not RT.
I thought there might already be something after finding this thread from 2011: http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=183347&b=1
But I can't seem to find anything about it. I guess it wasn't to be.
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faizeq
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Posted: 10th Aug 2014 11:00 Edited at: 10th Aug 2014 11:00
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You surely can , I've created some time ago a couple of dll plugin to interface with the touch functionality of window.

Dbtouch
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=189796&b=1

DBmultitouch
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=189865&b=1

However both plugin was created for Windows 7 ..and last time i heard that Win8 uses a different api function than Win7 to handle the touch interfacing.But i might be wrong.

Well the keypoint is ..its very easy to get it to work with DBpro.

Life begin where ->BeginScene() and it ends at ->EndScene()..so please Present(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
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wattywatts
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Posted: 10th Aug 2014 23:01
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Hey faizeq, I actually already downloaded your demo, just haven't tried it out yet as I'm waiting for my surface pro in the mail
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