Intermec 6200 Reference Guide

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DOS is supported as a development environment, as well as numerous DOS

applications, in both the 6200 and 6300 Series computers:
Microsoft DOS 5.0

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PenPal (DOS), by PenPal Associates, Inc.

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PenRight! Pro (DOS), by PenRight Corporation

Windows is supported as a development environment for the Windows version of

the 6300 Computer, as well as numerous DOS and Windows applications:
Microsoft Windows 3.1

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Microsoft Pen Extensions, for Windows

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Microsoft Visual Basic, for Windows

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Borland Delphi, for Windows

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Microsoft Visual C++ or Borland C++, for Windows

Other Environments:

Considerations for other environments are also described in this section.

The 6200 Computer can run mouseĆaware DOS programs, using only DOS.  And

the 6300 Computer can run mouseĆaware programs using DOS and Windows.

The toolkit provides DOS pen drivers for the 6200 and 6300 Series computers

(See Sections 2 and 3 for the names of these drivers).  The pen drivers, which

emulate a mouse driver, can be used with most mouseĆaware applications.  This

means the program would run in landscape mode on the 6300 Computer.  If you

use Borland graphics, there is a BGI driver, PENKEY.BGI, in the toolkit to

enable portrait orientation.

CIC's PenDOS Handwriter Recognition System is a DOS application.  It is not

included in the toolkit.  A license for CIC's PenDOS (specific to the PEN*KEY

6000 Series computers) can be obtained through Intermec.  To order PenDOS,

contact an Intermec sales representative.

Use PenPal to quickly draw screens and develop small, simple applications and

prototypes.  PenPal provides an easyĆtoĆuse interface for both experienced and

relatively inexperienced programmers.  It uses a simple proprietary language for

defining the functionality of the application.  PenPal was developed specifically

for mobile systems.  Because of this, it is of a manageable size for any of the

PEN*KEY 6000 Series computers.  PenPal handles dBase, ASCII, and text files.

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PenPal runs with CIC's PenDOS Handwriter Recognition System, or with no

recognizer at all.  With no recognizer, signature capture is still available and

character recognition is disabled.