Jul
02

Windows 7 and WPF 4.0 Multitouch: Inertia

WPF 4.0′s manipulation events certainly made things easier to write an application that supports multitouch gestures. After you start playing with these gestures, however, you’ve found yourself disappointed. You want more. There’s something missing. It’s just not like it used to be. “It’s not you, Manipulation events,” you say. “No…it’s me.” But then? A spark! … Continue reading »

Apr
25

Windows 7 and WPF 4.0 Multitouch: Manipulation

In a recent post, I showed you how to react to touch events in WPF 4.0. You can use that to implement the showcase multitouch gestures: scaling, rotating, and translation. It’s not too hard. Really, I’ve done it. Just dust off your geometry and trigonometry hats and get to it. Are you done yet? No? … Continue reading »

Apr
02

Windows 7 and WPF 4.0 Multitouch: Touch Points

Update: if you’re looking to just implement standard multitouch gestures, check out my post on manipulation. One of the most popular posts on this blog is my writeup on getting multitouch events in Windows 7 using WPF and .NET 3.5. Now that .NET 4.0 is in open beta, its time for an update. That’s a … Continue reading »

Feb
05

Windows 7 Multitouch Using WPF 3.5

Update: If you’re using .NET 4.0, be sure to check out my posts about the new touch events. Finally!  Another post about programming!  I know!  And Windows 7, too!  That ever sure is topical!  This one is for all of you developers running the Win7 beta on the HP TouchSmart (moneyhat go). Win7 is supposed … Continue reading »