Intermec 6200 Reference Guide

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Pen Extensions for Windows is standard Microsoft Windows with extra files,

some changes to SYSTEM.INI, and a new file (PENWIN.INI).  Pen Extensions

for Windows provides character recognition and an easier interface for capturing

ink.  Two handwritingĆrecognition engines are supported for Windows on our

handĆheld computers:  Synaptics and CIC.  These products are not in the toolkit.

If handwriting recognition is required, it can be ordered from Intermec.  To order,

contact an Intermec sales representative.
If signature capture 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.  Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition has an example

of catching ink" in this way.  The extra files for enabling the Pen Extensions are

provided in the toolkit.
See the Memory Overview paragraph, in Appendix B, Common PEN*KEY 6000

Series Information, for a description of Standard and Enhanced modes for

Windows.

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB), for Windows, includes screenĆdrawing plus an easy

method for inserting code to control the application.  It is very easy to program

for Windows with this tool.  A few warnings, however, are in order.  If frequently

used forms are not preloaded, the screen drawing may be slow.  Also, the

dataĆaware controls are very nice, but supporting a database with these controls

consumes a lot of memory.  VB can handle a large number of databases,

including dBase, Access, Paradox, and Foxpro.  It can also handle ASCII and

text files.

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Delphi is a Borland product, that allows quick application development with

Pascal support.

These are tools for experienced C Windows programmers.  The foundation class

libraries or the object windows library can be used; just make sure to keep an

eye out for space limitations.  Windows programs in general grow to a large size

quickly and require a lot of extra DLLs or VBXs.

Obviously, any development environment, that runs on the aforementioned

operating systems, may potentially be used to develop software for the HHC.

However, not all of the development environments necessarily work as well, nor

are they recommended.  This is mainly because of size and speed limitations of

the HHC.