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[OT] Windows Vista Tablet PC, handwriting and Open Source Software

Axel Etzold

5/14/2008 10:35:00 PM

Dear all,

sorry for asking something off-topic. I know there are
many Windows experts on this list and I couldn't find
any response somewhere else yet.

I have a handheld PC running Windows Vista Ultimate (actually
an OQ02) which has a handwriting recognition tool.
This works very nicely for input of text into, say, Internet Explorer,
or Notepad or any other Microsoft-manufactured software.
But it doesn't for Firefox or OpenOffice or other open source software
I have tried so far.
What is the reason for this ?

Thank you very much,

Best regards,

Axel

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3 Answers

Phillip Gawlowski

5/15/2008 12:18:00 AM

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Axel Etzold wrote:
| Dear all,
|
| sorry for asking something off-topic. I know there are
| many Windows experts on this list and I couldn't find
| any response somewhere else yet.
|
| I have a handheld PC running Windows Vista Ultimate (actually
| an OQ02) which has a handwriting recognition tool.
| This works very nicely for input of text into, say, Internet Explorer,
| or Notepad or any other Microsoft-manufactured software.
| But it doesn't for Firefox or OpenOffice or other open source software
| I have tried so far.
| What is the reason for this ?

Nobody has implemented the necessary code for these programs to talk to
the handwriting recognition API in Windows?

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Phillip Gawlowski
Twitter: twitter.com/cynicalryan
Blog: http://justarubyist.bl...

~ It takes an uncommon mind to think of these things.
~ --- Calvin
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Axel Etzold

5/15/2008 7:50:00 AM

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> Datum: Thu, 15 May 2008 09:17:44 +0900
> Von: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@googlemail.com>
> An: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Betreff: Re: [OT] Windows Vista Tablet PC, handwriting and Open Source Software

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> Axel Etzold wrote:
> | Dear all,
> |
> | sorry for asking something off-topic. I know there are
> | many Windows experts on this list and I couldn't find
> | any response somewhere else yet.
> |
> | I have a handheld PC running Windows Vista Ultimate (actually
> | an OQ02) which has a handwriting recognition tool.
> | This works very nicely for input of text into, say, Internet Explorer,
> | or Notepad or any other Microsoft-manufactured software.
> | But it doesn't for Firefox or OpenOffice or other open source software
> | I have tried so far.
> | What is the reason for this ?
>
> Nobody has implemented the necessary code for these programs to talk to
> the handwriting recognition API in Windows?

Philip,

yes, of cours, and your response is probably a good example of how to write a default response to a post :)
But do you know something about how to get some information about
where to start if one wanted to implement that API ? I am
almost exclusively coding on a Linux platform --- so I need a little
help here.

Thank you,

Axel
>
> - --
> Phillip Gawlowski
> Twitter: twitter.com/cynicalryan
> Blog: http://justarubyist.bl...
>
> ~ It takes an uncommon mind to think of these things.
> ~ --- Calvin
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Phillip Gawlowski

5/15/2008 10:47:00 AM

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Axel Etzold wrote:

| yes, of cours, and your response is probably a good example of how to
write a default response to a post :)
| But do you know something about how to get some information about
| where to start if one wanted to implement that API ? I am
| almost exclusively coding on a Linux platform --- so I need a little
| help here.

The Microsoft Development Network is a good start for all things MS API
related:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/de...

Given the amount of blogs hosted on MSDN, maybe you can even find one
about Handwriting (or at least Tablet PCs), too!

Heck, depending on how the WIN32API gem works, it might be possible to
access this API from Ruby, too (rapid prototyping :).


As a note: If you haven't developed for Windows yet, or ever, it might
be a good idea to look at .NET rather than Win32, especially to make
64bit versions available in an easier way. Maybe you can use Mono, too.

If you feel brave, though, you could work through Raymond Chen's
'exercises' on his blog, The Old New Thing:

http://blogs.msdn.com/ol...

- --
Phillip Gawlowski
Twitter: twitter.com/cynicalryan
Blog: http://justarubyist.bl...

~ - You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you make a mathematical
proof and try to compile it to test if it is correct.
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