Development for Windows Multi touch - ala Dell Studio One 19
I came across Dell Studio One 19 online the other day and thought the Dev environment for Multi-Touch was
Does anyone develop for this or knows what an environment is?
I know you need HP's own SDK to develop HP TouchSmart ... and that doesn't sound too good to me ( watch this .NET Rocks episode on it )
I was hoping the new Dell was just using Windows 7 native support ...
Ideally I'd like to see a subset of the Microsoft Surface SDK for Win 7 touch-enabled screens ....
Anyone have any idea what is going on with Multi-Touch on Win 7 in terms of development?
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It's funny that you have to ask this, I'm just getting started with this stuff this week.
I have a Dell XT2 with Windows 7 64bit (works like a dream).
What you need...
Windows 7 RC SDK
and you must also have
NTrig Device Driver
What's nice to have NTrig SDK
There have been some changes between the Windows 7 beta and RC, and the samples have not been updated yet, but it's easy enough to develop. Have fun, me.
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While this may not apply to Dell Studio One 19, to answer your question at the end, "did anyone understand what's going on with Multi-Touch on Win 7 from a development standpoint?"
I can tell there will be a multi-touch API out of the box, which you will find in the Win 7 RC SDK linked to Tim J's answer. Also, WPF 4.0 will include the API and multi-touch controls, which apparently will be expanding / building on Surface SDK 2.0.
If you go to slide 7 after the presentation , you will see how things add up.
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The easiest option is to develop for Multi-Touch with Silverlight on Win7. I have a small application developed in Silverlight on HP TouchSmart with Win7 on it. http://jobijoy.blogspot.com/2009/08/silverlight-3-multi-touch-with-windows.html When the app starts you can make the browser in kiosk mode (full screen) But if you are looking for very advanced features outside Silverlight, go to Win7 SDK.
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