How to Develop WPF Multi-Touch Application without a Touch Screen?

Question

I'm tasked with creating a multi-touch application but I don't have a multitouch screen or device and ours don't arrive for a month (Grr!)

Is there some kind of emulation or cheap USB device that we can get that will work with WPF in .NET 4 for the interim?

Answer 1

if your are using windows 8 just you need to use Microsoft Windows Simulator Touch Emulation , it simulate all touch event within mouse , just run in C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Windows Simulator\11.0\Microsoft.Windows.Simulator.exe and for X86 OS -> C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Simulator\12.0\Microsoft.Windows.Simulator.exe

Edit : for Visual Stuido 2017 Check This Address : C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\Windows Simulator\15.0\Microsoft.Windows.Simulator.exe

Answer 2

Its probably a bit late now but for anyone else use Multitouch Vista to enable emulating a Windows 7 touch device and in turn it will work with WPF4 (Using multiple USB mice is the easiest and reliable way). Make sure to follow the youtube video on the main page to how to set up etc.