Boonjin
1. Make sure rightclicker works in Onenote & Powerpoint Pen mode.

2. Maybe a way to quickly bring up the "On Screen Keyboard" already part of Windows, but a way to make it easily accesible would be good, maybe a button next to rightclicker on the taskbar that opens Keyboard. (without having to scoll through Start Menu of find shortcut on the desktop)

Plus still think given you have evolved well beyond Johnny's app you need a name for your program to give you some ownership.

Benpaddlejones :-)

Boongin
Awesome!!!

Works in Onenote & powerpoint 2007 with Win XP32bit

No keyboard though?

benpaddlejones

Boonjin
Found it!

Can the entire program minimise to the system tray? So after calibration, minimise to system tray, have a 'Maximise' option with 'Exit' & 'Keyboard'. (A 'Calibrate' Option in this menu would be good too.)

This means one less icon on taskbar, especially when once calibrated there is no need to access the program except to exit, if there is a need user can just leaves application maximised, or select 'Maximise' from system tray?

Not sure if an issue but I only got the click out of active area to work on the left side? Is this standard?

Finally I think you should put a post up on calling for others ideas to make Wiimote Smooth Board more functional.

Given the three options to rightclick are awesome, I actually find it quicker than than the clickhold , I don't see a reason to waste your time trying to program for the click hold option!

A customised Icon could finishes the presentation of your application off, I was thinking this Icon could be also what displays in the system tray until clicked when turns to your "R" icon.

The final two steps are a Help file (I can help with this during school holidays in a few weeks) and a Connection Tool.

Given http://www.infraredpens.com are now selling pre-fab IR-Pens I think the Wiimote Whiteboard is about to get bigger! (I've emailed them hoping they are using a VISHAY TSAL6400 or similar quality IR-LED so we know works 100%).

EXCITING TIMES AHEAD MY FRIEND

Benpaddlejones

I added theese icons to my apps so they looks nice on the desktop



original Whiteboard and modified Whiteboard for the 2 icons

Hi Ben,
I have just exactly the same idea this morning regarding the tracking utilization.
I am planning to make it show a rough display of the screen area within the whole Wiimote tracking area.
This will allow the user to perform some adjustments to the Wiimote to achieve higher tracking utilization.

Currently, I have succeeded using Brian Peek's WiimoteLib 1.4 instead of the previous 1.2 which Johnny has used.
With this, I have created an advanced settings screen that allows the user to choose the IR camera sensitivity settings.
For example, if the IR source used is too weak, the user can increase the sensitivity at the expense of errors caused by other IR sources (sun light).  And also, if the classroom has some sun light coming in, the user can decrease the IR sensitivity.

I am adding a whole bunch of features such as auto start in windows (option to enable or disable) and triggering different modes depending on which section of the screen is pressed (customizable). For example, the user can make the application execute the On Screen Keyboard by clicking the bottom right side of the screen.

I am trying to make the app to work in the background waiting for a wiimote to be connected. Hopefully, it will then automatically connect the connected Wiimote once the Wiimote is available. If this can be done, the user do not have to manually execute the application (if the user has enabled the app to autostart with windows).

Regarding the waek IR-blob detection through the window, in our situation it might be more difficult. However, I might try to look at it on how to apply it to the whiteboard.

Boon Jin
PS: looks like we are 'high' on ideas.

Hello,
What a nice job you've done so fast Boonjin !

I agree with Benpaddlejones : teachers like me love to work with Google Earth and it would be so nice of you to add a scrolling option (outside screen control) to make a zoom, as you can see in this app http://fuelnatchos.webng.com/gtkwhiteboard/.

As a wiimote whiteboard user i find double-click assistance very useful too (it works great with the java app http://www.uweschmidt.org/wiimote-whiteboard).

Frenchy from France

Hello guys,

I will be trying to make the outside screen area to trigger a click, keyboard press for shortcuts or executing application. With all these features combined, it will allow the whiteboard to be customizable to suit a variety of environments. I think it would be something similar to the gtkwhiteboard.

chadepp, Frenchy, ben
Thanks for the feedback!

0.2.2 BETA works like a charm on:
- vista business
- OneNote 2007
- Powerpoint 2007
- Hand writing recognition

The right click function is very useful and easy to use.

On a regular basis I give presentations and workshops.  There is a need to switch from Powerpoint to some other program and back.  This must be done through ALT-TAB.

REQ: ALT-TAB FUNCTION
2-clickable areas. Mouse click on one area (preferably in the same form as right click) toggles ALT-TAB (with alt continued to be pressed), clicking more on this are triggers an TAB.  Clicking on the other area releases the TAB.
or,
3-clickable ares. Same as above, but with the 3th area providing SHIFT-TAB.

To make it really nice. A check mark will turn the ALT into Windows-key.




Kind regards

Stefan van Aalst