SECTION 1
Getting Started
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6200/6300 Hand-Held Computer Programmer’s Reference Guide
See the
Setups for Third Party Applications
paragraph, in
Appendix A, Sample
Configuration Files
, for an example of setting up PenPal (for DOS).
PenPal runtime licenses (specific to the PEN*KEY 6000 Series computers) can
be obtained through Intermec. To order PenPal runtime licenses, contact an
Intermec sales representative. PenPal development packages can be ordered
from the manufacturer, PenPal Associates.
For an example setup for the Handwriting Recognition System, see the
Handwriting Recognition System Setup
paragraph in
Appendix A, Sample
Configuration Files
.
PenRight! Pro
PenRight! is a development environment that can be used across both DOS and
Windows platforms. It includes screenĆdrawing and C code capability. These
tools make it possible for an experienced C programmer to add extra
functionality to an application. PenRight! Pro was also developed specifically for
mobile systems, and creates programs of a manageable size for any of the
PEN*KEY 6000 Series computers. PenRight!, which is slightly harder to use
than PenPal, has dBase and communications support, as well as ASCII text files.
PenRight Pro! development kits can be obtained through the manufacturer,
PenRight! Corporation. The resource file, 63PENRT.RSC, is included in the
toolkit (for DOS) on the DOSUTIL disk.
See the
Setups for Third Party Applications
paragraph in
Appendix A, Sample
Configuration Files
, for an example of setting up PenRight! (DOS).
Windows
The 6200 and 6300 Series computers can run any mouseĆaware Windows
application. Note that the Windows configuration provided by Intermec is not a
fullĆfeatured Windows package. This was done to save space in flash memory.
Add the needed files if they were not included.
Borland's C compiler includes a utility called TDUMP. You can run TDUMP on
an executable file to display the files or libraries called by the executable.
Handwriting Recognition
If handwriting recognition is required, there are two options available. One
option is provided by a product from Communication Intelligence Corp. (CIC);
the other option is provided by a product from Synaptics. See the
CIC
Handwriter Recognition System for Windows
paragraph and the
Synaptics
Handwriter Recognition HRĆ1200
paragraph, below, for product descriptions.
If signature capture (bit maps) is required, but handwriting recognition is not
required, this can be done with regular Windows. Trap the mouseĆmove and
mouseĆpressed events and manually draw the ink. The ink then can be saved as
bit maps and compressed, if necessary. Microsoft Visual Basic Professional
Edition has an example of catching ink" in this way. The extra files for enabling
the Pen Extensions are provided in the toolkit.
Standard and Enhanced modes for Windows are discussed the in
Memory
Overview
topic, in
Appendix B, Common PEN*KEY 6000 Series Information
.
Contact your Intermec sales representative to order software and manuals. Any
of the following handwriter recognition packages can be ordered:
"
Handwriting Recognition System for Windows by Communication
Intelligence Corporation (CIC)
"
Handwriting Recognition HRĆ1200 by Synaptics
1. Getting Started
