Developing that special touch with the “Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta”

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Developing that special touch with the “Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta”

Microsoft Surface Blog - Launch: Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta

“We’ve got some great news for Windows Touch developers. Today we’ve launched a toolkit for Windows Touch that allows developers to use some of the same controls that are used by developers on Microsoft Surface hardware today, but for PCs using Windows Touch.

Before you can use the toolkit, you must have Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 or Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express Edition, as well as Microsoft .NET 4.0 installed on your computer. The .NET 4.0 Framework and the Surface Toolkit support input devices such as mouse, stylus, and touch. With the Surface Toolkit, you can develop an application that supports various types of input.

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Microsoft Downloads - Microsoft® Surface® Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta

“Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta

Version: 1.5

Date Published: 4/12/2010

Language: English

Download Size: 575 KB - 16.4 MB*

The Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta is a set of controls, APIs, templates, sample applications and documentation currently available for Surface developers. With the .NET Framework 4.0, Windows Presentation Framework 4.0 (WPF), and this toolkit, Windows Touch developers can quickly and consistently create advanced multitouch applications for Windows Touch PCs. This toolkit also provides a jump-start for Surface application developers to prepare for the next version of Microsoft Surface. Use it to take advantage of the innovative Surface technology and user interface to develop your own rich and intuitive multitouch experiences for a variety of Windows Touch devices.

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From “Start Here for Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta.xps”;

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Introduction

The Microsoft® Surface® Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta is a collection of resources that enable you to use Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to create multitouch-enabled applications on a computer.

This guide describes how to install the Surface Toolkit, the general contents of the toolkit, and known issues with the toolkit.

Note: For complete documentation about the Surface Toolkit, see the Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta Help file after you install Surface Toolkit. To access this Help file, click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta, and then click Surface Toolkit Documentation.

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