Ted Roche wrote: > The iPad supports alphabetic entry via popup keyboards. It also > recognizes clicks and mouse gestures. As for how workable dropdowns > would be, the precision required could be challenging. Sounds like a > good justification for buying an iPad to test it out! :) > > If you take a look at http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/ you'll see a > number of apps working on the iPad. Note the large size of the target > areas the users are expected to hit. The resolution is only 1024x768, > and you'll probably want oversized controls for iPad users. > > We run our VFP7 app on the iPad using RDP and works well. You have to be careful with combo boxes, which have to be larger than normal. We also put extra buttons next to a grid to allow the user to scroll easily as the standard scroll bars are a fixed size. We put a push button for up / pageup / down / pagedown and use the mygrid.doscroll() function to move it.
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