Hi,

I have a Stylistic tablet pc from Siemens and there I have a stylus with
two buttons.

I had the possibility to configure these buttons; I always configured the
one to be the right mouse click and the other to be the eraser.

Then I reinstalled my system and installed all software I found on the CD-
Roms but I simply cannot find the dialog where I can configure the stylus
so that I can use the second button as eraser again.

Can anybody give me a hint how to find it?

Thanks

Markus

The settings for the buttons should be in Control Panel/Tablet and Pen
Settings, or, if special drivers are installed by the OEM (check their web
site and the user's guide) it might even be off the Start/All Programs menu
area as a separate entry under the manufacturer's name.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Markus Bauer" <mc_mc_mc@lycos.de> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have a Stylistic tablet pc from Siemens and there I have a stylus with
> two buttons.
>
> I had the possibility to configure these buttons; I always configured the
> one to be the right mouse click and the other to be the eraser.
>
> Then I reinstalled my system and installed all software I found on the CD-
> Roms but I simply cannot find the dialog where I can configure the stylus
> so that I can use the second button as eraser again.
>
> Can anybody give me a hint how to find it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Markus
>

Chris H. wrote:
> The settings for the buttons should be in Control Panel/Tablet and Pen
> Settings, or, if special drivers are installed by the OEM (check their web
> site and the user's guide) it might even be off the Start/All Programs menu
> area as a separate entry under the manufacturer's name.

Actually, after installing the newest Tablet PC drivers from Wacom
http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/driver.cfm
(if this stylistic does use a Wacom digitizer...)
then the pen button mappings (eraser, left-, right-, etc click) are in
"Tablet Properties" of the Control Panel, rather than Tablet and Pen
Settings.

- Jan

Not having that brand computer, I went generic for an answer. 8-)
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Jan Wagner" <no_spam@thanks.net> wrote in message
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> Chris H. wrote:
>> The settings for the buttons should be in Control Panel/Tablet and Pen
>> Settings, or, if special drivers are installed by the OEM (check their
>> web site and the user's guide) it might even be off the Start/All
>> Programs menu area as a separate entry under the manufacturer's name.
>
> Actually, after installing the newest Tablet PC drivers from Wacom
> http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/driver.cfm
> (if this stylistic does use a Wacom digitizer...)
> then the pen button mappings (eraser, left-, right-, etc click) are in
> "Tablet Properties" of the Control Panel, rather than Tablet and Pen
> Settings.
>
> - Jan

Chris H. wrote:
> Not having that brand computer, I went generic for an answer. 8-)

Me cancelling my erroneous posting apparently didn't work fast enough :-)

After a bit of experimenting, Acer C300, XP overrides the 'right click'
setting of the Wacom drivers so you were correct with "Tablet and Pen
Settings".
If double click is not enabled there, it just clicks, despite a Wacom
double-click setting. OTOH all other settings like 'pressure hold' etc
for art work are not overridden by XP. However, the setting if
sideswitch+tip or just sideswitch is used to start the action (double
click, for example) is in the Wacom applet, not XP's own applet, and for
enabled double-click is not overriden by XP. Confuuusing... :-))

- Jan

8-) That's why it is so difficult to sometimes nail the correct solution
without asking questions and discussing exactly what is going on.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Jan Wagner" <no_spam@thanks.net> wrote in message
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> Chris H. wrote:
>> Not having that brand computer, I went generic for an answer. 8-)
>
> Me cancelling my erroneous posting apparently didn't work fast enough :-)
>
> After a bit of experimenting, Acer C300, XP overrides the 'right click'
> setting of the Wacom drivers so you were correct with "Tablet and Pen
> Settings".
> If double click is not enabled there, it just clicks, despite a Wacom
> double-click setting. OTOH all other settings like 'pressure hold' etc for
> art work are not overridden by XP. However, the setting if sideswitch+tip
> or just sideswitch is used to start the action (double click, for example)
> is in the Wacom applet, not XP's own applet, and for enabled double-click
> is not overriden by XP. Confuuusing... :-))
>
> - Jan

Jan Wagner <no_spam@thanks.net> dixit:

> Chris H. wrote:
>> The settings for the buttons should be in Control Panel/Tablet and
>> Pen Settings, or, if special drivers are installed by the OEM (check
>> their web site and the user's guide) it might even be off the
>> Start/All Programs menu area as a separate entry under the
>> manufacturer's name.

The problem is that I've already reinstalled all CDs that were included and
looked on the website. I've installed all drivers I found there.

> Actually, after installing the newest Tablet PC drivers from Wacom
> http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/driver.cfm
> (if this stylistic does use a Wacom digitizer...)
> then the pen button mappings (eraser, left-, right-, etc click) are in
> "Tablet Properties" of the Control Panel, rather than Tablet and Pen
> Settings.

Thanks a lot! This is a good workaround. This isn't what I searched for,
but it works...

Now I've written Fujitsu Siemens, I hope I get an answer; maybe there's one
driver that's not available on their homepage?!


M.

You're making good progress now. You may need to dig a bit, but I'm pretty
sure most Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM's) supply either the
original drivers or the updates thereto on their web sites. If you can't
find them, I would contact the support section and see what they have to
say. They may be able to guide you to pulling them off the
repair/replacement CD/DVD if they're not available for download.

You might note that in certain cases, like the Wacom driver, their web site
will probably be more current than the OEM site. Note also that if your
system uses the Nvidia graphics drivers, those will come from the OEM and
not Nvidia. Each graphics driver is modified by the Tablet OEM for their
own system, so a driver from Nvidia will not install at all. In fact,
you'll probably get a warning message if you try.

Which driver is it you're still trying to locate? Keep in mind not all
programs (or even the Tablet Input Panel) may support the eraser on a pen.
The TIP only uses the "scratch-out" method, while some programs only "erase"
by tapping a little eraser icon on the specific program toolbar. Rather
confusing, and I wish it were all uniform, but it isn't.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Markus Bauer" <mc_mc_mc@lycos.de> wrote in message
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> Jan Wagner <no_spam@thanks.net> dixit:
>
>> Chris H. wrote:
>>> The settings for the buttons should be in Control Panel/Tablet and
>>> Pen Settings, or, if special drivers are installed by the OEM (check
>>> their web site and the user's guide) it might even be off the
>>> Start/All Programs menu area as a separate entry under the
>>> manufacturer's name.
>
> The problem is that I've already reinstalled all CDs that were included
> and
> looked on the website. I've installed all drivers I found there.
>
>> Actually, after installing the newest Tablet PC drivers from Wacom
>> http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/driver.cfm
>> (if this stylistic does use a Wacom digitizer...)
>> then the pen button mappings (eraser, left-, right-, etc click) are in
>> "Tablet Properties" of the Control Panel, rather than Tablet and Pen
>> Settings.
>
> Thanks a lot! This is a good workaround. This isn't what I searched for,
> but it works...
>
> Now I've written Fujitsu Siemens, I hope I get an answer; maybe there's
> one
> driver that's not available on their homepage?!
>
>
> M.