| Subject: Tablet PC and sigjatures |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc |
| Date: 5/13/2008 10:13:00 AM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?QXJ0dXJv?= [Email Address Protection] |
I just need a Tablet PC to put forms on with check boxes and a place to put a signature. I don't want to spend a thousand dollars to do this. What is out there for this? Thank you. |
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| Subject: Re: Tablet PC and sigjatures |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc |
| Date: 5/14/2008 12:15:44 AM |
| From: "Chris H" [Email Address Protection] |
ActiveInk Software is a good solution, however, the legalities of the security of the signature and validity to the point of holding up in a court of law vary from state-to-state and jurisdiction-to-jurisdiction, so I would be extremely careful in collecting the data. Inspect the requirements of the end-use first, and then determine what software/storage/verification processes you may need before investing in the software. -- Chris H. Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/ http://forums.mobilepcworld.net Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "Arturo" <Arturo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D36D1F82-7AFF-40A5-A4F6-97D4146FAD80@microsoft.com... >I just need a Tablet PC to put forms on with check boxes and a place to put >a > signature. I don't want to spend a thousand dollars to do this. What is > out > there for this? > > Thank you. |
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| Subject: Re: Tablet PC and signatures |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc |
| Date: 5/14/2008 9:34:27 AM |
| From: "Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" [Email Address Protection] |
>> what about the hardware? << It's obvious that you will need some "pen aware" hardware device to capture the signature. Since you posted here (a tabletpc forum) and specifically mentioned "Tablet PC" in your original post, we would assume you plan to use one of the available "tablet pc's" with a touch sensitive screen which allows drawing and writing directly on the screen. The responses have pointed you to software which will run on any of the pen input tablet pc's or "slates" There are a few other options such as dedicated devices such as those used by ups and fedex, input pads and pocketpc's, but to be more specific, you need to provide some more info about your plans, needs and limits. Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices] |
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| Subject: Re: Tablet PC and signatures |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc |
| Date: 5/14/2008 12:39:39 PM |
| From: "Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" [Email Address Protection] |
Tablet PC's are normally laptop sized computers with the screen mount designed to allow the laptop screen to be "closed" with the screen facing outward so that the screen functions as a "writing tablet" allowing the computer to be used without access to the keyboard. See <http://www.fujitsupc.com/images/notebooks/t4220_photogal/t_4220_hand_usingtablet2.jpg> more pictures of the same computer at <http://store.shopfujitsu.com/ca/EcomCA/pagerender.do?conpg=products\notebooks\photo_gal\gal_t4220> with pricing info at <http://store.shopfujitsu.com/ca/EcomCA/buildseriesbean.do?series=T4220> There's also a "slate" computer (no keyboard, smaller, lighter) at <http://store.shopfujitsu.com/ca/EcomCA/buildseriesbean.do?series=ST5112> and a much smaller convertable tablet at <http://store.shopfujitsu.com/ca/EcomCA/buildseriesbean.do?series=P1620> HP and several other oems also provide tablet and slate computers... fuji is what I have and am familiar with. Hope this helps. Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices] |
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| Subject: Re: Tablet PC and signatures |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc |
| Date: 5/14/2008 12:43:13 PM |
| From: "Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" [Email Address Protection] |
>> if you use a Tablet PC, with touch screen, do you still need the addtional software << Assuming you want to be able to save and print out custom "forms" containing the desired signature, yes... there are apps such as Windows Journal pre-installed on table pc's, but they essentially just provide blank sheets of paper to write and draw on to save and/or print. Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices] |
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