Posted by member 37994 on 2003-12-09 18:40:35
Hi all. Been playing with LiteStep for a couple years, off and on. I have to say that I really do love what it can do, but I am still a little too inexperienced to create my own theme to support my three monitor setup...
Anyhow, I was wondering if it had ever been attempted to use LiteStep's "desktop" as an interactive interface for a touchscreen, or even if it can be done. I simply don't know enough about its capabilities myself.
What I am trying to do is to build a carPC with a touchscreen, and I would like to be able to write my own modules to control installed programs, without having to actually use the programs themselves, (such as the various Winamp modules available). I would like to have a desktop that didn't have a taskbar, but that had buttons that can be "clicked" to trigger and control programs. I hope I'm wording this right. I need to create a central interface with embedded control for other programs. I've been trying to read up on the hotspots module, but I can't tell if this is what I think it is. Does that module allow the programmer to create "clickable" areas on the screen?
My apologies if this has been covered, but I'm new to this forum, and I can't seem to get the search to bring up anything about what I'm looking for. I'm hoping one of you might know what I'm talking about.
Thanks! :)
Anyhow, I was wondering if it had ever been attempted to use LiteStep's "desktop" as an interactive interface for a touchscreen, or even if it can be done. I simply don't know enough about its capabilities myself.
What I am trying to do is to build a carPC with a touchscreen, and I would like to be able to write my own modules to control installed programs, without having to actually use the programs themselves, (such as the various Winamp modules available). I would like to have a desktop that didn't have a taskbar, but that had buttons that can be "clicked" to trigger and control programs. I hope I'm wording this right. I need to create a central interface with embedded control for other programs. I've been trying to read up on the hotspots module, but I can't tell if this is what I think it is. Does that module allow the programmer to create "clickable" areas on the screen?
My apologies if this has been covered, but I'm new to this forum, and I can't seem to get the search to bring up anything about what I'm looking for. I'm hoping one of you might know what I'm talking about.
Thanks! :)