TabletWorks Release Notes
Release
10.02.0003 November 2005
Contents
- General
Information
- Installation
Information
- Release
Notes
General
Information
Description
The GTCO CalComp TabletWorks driver is designed to provide a
simple way for software developers to communicate with GTCO CalComp
digitizers.
Version 10 is a major change to previous GTCO CalComp
TabletWorks drivers, and includes an all-new Wintab implementation as well as
the alternate TabletWorks ActiveX control. Both APIs are available after
installation.
Supported Devices
- AccuTab II,
AccuTab III
- CADPro
- DrawingBoard
III, DrawingBoard IV, DrawingBoard V
- Roll-Up II,
Roll-Up III
- Summagrid VI,
Summagrid VII
- SummaSketch
III
- Super L III,
Super L IV
- Older CalComp,
GTCO, GTCO CalComp, and SummaGraphics tablets not in this list should work,
but have not been tested.
Supported Operating Systems
- Windows XP
- Windows 2000
- Windows NT 4.0, SP6 or
greater (serial only)
- Windows 98 SE
- Windows Me
- Citrix and Terminal
Services (Server)
- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows 2003 Server
- Citrix and Terminal
Services (Client)
- Windows 2003
- Windows XP
- Windows 2000
- Windows NT 4.0, SP6 or greater (serial only)
Known
Issues
- The
current Wintab implementation supports only Wintab 1.0 calls. For most
applications, this is sufficient. If your application requires Wintab
1.1 compatibility, please contact us.
- When
a single device is set to be used with both Wintab and TabCon applications,
and Wintab Citrix support is enabled, TabCon-compliant application will not be
able to open the device.
Installation Information
Installing the TabletWorks Software
- Uninstall any previous
Wintab (TabletWorks) or Tablet Interface drivers before installing this
release.
- Using the TabletWorks
CD, run the Setup.exe file to begin the installation process.
Installing the USB Tablet Adapter
The USB Tablet Adapter drivers are not installed during this
installation process. They are
simply copied to the installation directory, in the USB Tablet Adapter
Driver subdirectory. By
default, this is C:\Program Files\GTCO CalComp\TabletWorks\USB Tablet Adapter
Driver. To manually install the
drivers:
- Install the
TabletWorks Software.
- Turn off your
digitizer.
- Attach your digitizer
to the USB Tablet Adapter.
- Turn on your
digitizer.
- Insert the USB Tablet
Adapter into a USB port on your computer.
- The Found New
Hardware wizard should pop up.
- Tell the wizard to
search for the drivers in a specific location, and browse to the USB Tablet
Adapter Driver subdirectory of the Installation directory.
- The driver is
unsigned. On some versions of Windows, you will need to respond with
Yes or Continue Anyway when you are warned that the software has
not passed Windows Logo testing.
- On
some versions of Windows, the Found New Hardware wizard will pop up a second
time. Use the same subdirectory as above.
Removing the TabletWorks Software
- Open the Windows
Control Panel (Start->Settings->Control Panel).
- Open Add/Remove
Programs.
- Select
TabletWorks from the list of installed programs.
- Click the
Remove button.
- Click the Yes
button to confirm that you want to remove the TabletWorks software.
- Select Yes/No
to remove all user data including button assignments and mapping.
TabletWorks Release Notes
This section lists corrections and enhancements made to the TabletWorks
Software.
Release 10.02.0003 November 2005
·
Enhancements
- Added
Digikon and DigiCAD support. (5-btn cursor doesn't display correctly in
Control Panel, Wintab will report the 5-Btn cursor as a
4-Btn.)
·
Corrections
- Fixed
a problem with button commands not working in AutoCAD.
- Reduced
the occurrence of a problem with Wintab reporting the incorrect "Active
Cursor." This problem can't be completely solved because of Hardware
Limitation/Features. Wintab-compliant applications relying on the
reported "Active Cursor" should request the Cursor ID be sent with each
Wintab packet to verify the initial "Active Cursor" with the Cursor being
reported in the Wintab Packet.
- Fixed
problem with Preferences dialog not being displayed for Citrix and Terminal
Services in Windows NT.
- Fixed
Wintab application delay when no device is connected.
Release 10.01.0019 June 2005
·
Enhancements
- Added WebUpdate, Release Notes, and TWCTS.exe to the TabletWorks
Citrix and Terminal Services installation. TWCTS.exe is a dialog application
that allows administrators to change the TCP Port used by TabletWorks in a
Citrix or Terminal Services environment.
- Added
support for Windows 98 & Me operating systems.
- Added
support for Citrix and Terminal Services running on Windows 2000 & 2003
Server and Clients running on Windows NT 4.0, SP6 or greater, 2000, or XP
operating systems.
- TabletWorks can now detect when a serial device has been disconnected
and update its tablet list in the Control Panel.
- Wintab now supports Transparent Contexts.
- Added Enable Mapping option for each cursor.
·
Corrections
- Changed TabCon Help string to GTCO CalComp TabletWorks ActiveX
Control.
- Fixed button reporting problem with 4-Btn cursors on older Summa UIOF
Tablets.
- Fixed Wintab so it reports only three buttons on a Stylus.
- Fixed
problem with TabletWorks where it was not cleaning up after client
applications that crashed.
- Fixed
Copy Error Problems. We no longer copy files.
- Buttons are now correctly handled in the situation where a user
application wants all button events and doesn't want the Control Panel to
generate any macros.
- Fixed
problem where a crash occurred when the Page-Down button was pressed while
assigning a macro.
Release 10.00.0018 March, 2005
·
Initial Release