THE VIRTUAL TABLET INTERFACE
DIGITIZER TECHNOLOGY
VERSION 6.09
(January 4, 2005)
This document contains important information not included in the Getting
Started Guide to the Virtual Tablet Interface or on-line Help. Topics include:
* Which edition do I have?
* Upgrading to the Professional Edition.
* Registration and upgrade instructions.
* Required hardware and software.
* Getting help and product support.
* Running the Setup program.
* Windows XP/SP2 error regarding "AUTOEXEC.NT"
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WHICH EDITION DO I HAVE?
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The Virtual Tablet Interface is available in a number of different editions
including: various OEM Editions, a Limited Edition and a Professional Edition.
Each Edition runs on all Windows platforms, includes automated setup, multi-
tasking and application support; but varies in their features and
functionality.
The OEM Editions are available only from original equipment manufacturers,
support only their digitizers and offer a minimum set of features and
functionality. The Limited Edition is available to value-added resellers only
and offers a fuller set of features but without any template or advanced
pointing-device support. Finally, the Professional Edition is available to all
customers and offers the complete, feature-rich functionality of the product
including template support
If you are unsure which edition you have, it will be located in the lower-left
corner of the Tablet Manager's dialog box which is accessible from the Win32
task bar or Win16 program group. The "Limited Edition" and "Professional
Edition" will be identified as such, and OEM Editions will be identified by the
OEM's name and the word "Edition."
Versions of the Virtual Tablet Interface prior to Version 5 are all
Professional Editions. Version 6 offers many enhancements and new features for
current users of the Virtual Tablet Interface. For details, please see "What's
New in Version 6" in Getting Started.
UPGRADING TO THE PROFESSIONAL EDITION
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If you own the OEM or Limited Edition of the Virtual Tablet Interface, you may
upgrade to the Professional Edition (see "Which Edition Do I Have?" to
determine your edition). If you choose to upgrade from the OEM or Limited
Edition to the Professional Edition, here is a sample of some of the increased
functionality that becomes available to you:
* You will be able to specify an area on the Windows desktop within which the
display cursor will be cropped or restrained from leaving;
* You will be able to automatically generate button events based on the
distance the digitizer puck is moved, e.g. dropping nodes in a CAD or
mapping application;
* You will be able to assign audible tones that sound when a button is pressed
enabling you to do more efficient "heads-down" digitizing in applications;
* You will be able to change the orientation of the display cursor on the
Windows desktop to better match the orientation of your digitizer;
* You will be able to automatically hide the Windows display cursor while you
are typing and have it appear automatically when you next make a selection;
* You will be able to temporarily disable the digitizer while using another
pointing device that alleviates the condition of "dueling-cursors";
* You will be able to set and interval for proximity detection for digitizers
that do not support hardware detection of out-of-proximity conditions;
* You will be able to use your digitizer as a mouse in a full-screen DOS
session;
* You will be able to take advantage of using multiple-monitors under Windows
9X and Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
* You will be able to assign keyboard macros to each digitizer button
significantly enhancing your productivity with virtually any Windows
application;
* You will be able to execute digitizer template menus (and any associated DDE
server) for any Windows application;
* You will be able to assign pressure values to any digitizer button that is
quite helpful when using drawing programs without a pressure stylus;
* You will be able to set, and optionally lock, pressure values from a
pressure-sensitive stylus when used in an application that supports
digitizer pressure;
* You will be able to smooth pressure readings from a pressure-sensitive
stylus that can make drawing lines in applications much easier;
* You will be able to set the pressure value above which a pressure-sensitive
stylus will output a left-mouse click;
* You will be able to output extra buttons (e.g. buttons 3-16) from a stylus
or cursor by using a key in conjunction with a digitizer button;
* You will be able to change the linear speed of the digitizer on the Windows
display when using the digitizer in mouse (relative) mode;
* You will be able to change the non-linear speed of the digitizer on the
Windows display when using the digitizer in mouse (relative) mode;
* You will be able to wrap the display cursor on the Windows desktop from top
to bottom and/or left to right when using the digitizer in mouse (relative)
mode;
* You will be able to change the digitizer type used by the software on the
fly without reinstalling the product or rebooting Windows;
* You will be able to control whether the digitizer is reset at startup or
when switching between tasks;
* You will be able to determine how fast the digitizer sends data to the
computer that can enhance performance and certain features;
* You will be able to create digitizer template menus from scratch or using an
automated template wizard (the complete Template Editor program); and
* You will be able to view and search the complete online documentation in
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
How to Upgrade your Edition
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Simply click the Upgrade button from the Tablet Manager. You will be presented
with a series of dialogs to complete which will offer you the choice of
upgrading to the Professional edition via encrypted email, fax, phone, post or
mail. Upon sending in your upgrade request, you will receive back an
authorization code to enter into your computer that will upgrade your
installation to the Professional Edition. Note that if you own the OEM Edition
of the Virtual Tablet Interface, you may need to visit our website
www.vtablet.com to download the latest Professional Edition. For up to date
pricing and terms, please visit our website or see the upgrade instructions
below.
REGISTRATION AND UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS
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As a registered owner of the Virtual Tablet Interface, you receive the
following benefits:
* Fully registered program and technical support.
* Unlimited use of the product for one machine and free minor updates.
* Notices and discounts on major version updates.
To register or upgrade, simply click the Register or Upgrade button from the
Tablet Manager or startup screen. You will be presented with a series of
dialogs to complete which will offer you the choice of purchasing the product
via encrypted email, fax, phone, post or mail.
[Licensing]
The Virtual Tablet Interface is licensed on a per-CPU basis and purchased
copies are required for each machine. For quantity purchasing information, see
Pricing below.
[Pricing]
Registered users of Versions 1.XX-5.XX may upgrade to the Version 6.XX
Professional Edition for $40.00 per license plus shipping. A valid serial
number must be specified when ordering upgrades. Upgrades to the Professional
Edition from OEM Editions are $45.00 per license plus shipping. Upgrades to the
Professional Edition from the Limited Edition are $30.00 per license plus
shipping. A valid serial number must be specified when ordering Limited Edition
upgrades.
Pricing for new licenses of the Virtual Tablet Interface includes the following
quantity breaks:
Quantity Price/License
1 $65.00
2-9 $55.00
10-24 $50.00
25-99 $45.00
Over 100 $40.00
[Shipping]
Prices do not include $6.00 (domestic) or $12.00 (international) shipping and
handling for the first license plus $3.00 (domestic) and $6.00 (international)
for each additional license. THERE ARE NO SHIPPING AND HANDLING CHARGES, AND NO
REFUNDS OR RESALE RIGHTS, FOR LICENSES PURCHASED VIA ELECTRONIC AUTHORIZATIONS.
WA state residents add 8.4% sales tax. Domestic purchase orders over $100
accepted from Fortune 500, government agencies and educational institutions and
subject to $5.00 charge per order. Visa and MasterCard accepted. Sorry, invalid
payments including checks drawn on non-US banks or for incorrect amounts will
be returned. Wire transfers in excess of US $250 accepted.
REQUIRED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
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The Virtual Tablet Interface requires the following end-user hardware and
software configuration:
* Intel Pentium microprocessor-based system or higher.
* Microsoft Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 9X or Windows 3.1.
* Any of 365 supported or compatible digitizing tablets.
* Graphics display system capable of 800x600 resolution.
* 1 MB free disk space excluding online documentation.
* Adobe Acrobat (version 3 or higher) for PDF manuals.
DEMONSTRATION VERSION
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From time to time, Digitizer Technology posts full working versions of the
Virtual Tablet Interface to our website at www.vtablet.com for evaluation
purposes only. To purchase the Professional Edition, please see Registration
Benefits and Instructions above. Demonstration versions are time-limited and
may be redistributed as set forth herein. REGISTERED VERSIONS MAY NOT BE
REDISTRIBUTED IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER. The demonstration version may not be
offered for sale, or included with another product offered for sale without the
express written permission of DTC. This includes, but is not limited to,
"public domain or shareware" disks or hard disk drives containing "public
domain or shareware" which are sold for profit. National services such as
CompuServe and America Online; BBSs which charge a fee for membership but not
for each downloads; and non-profit, valid computer user groups or clubs may
distribute the demonstration version in its entirety only. Note that if you
distribute the demo version you must do so with an unused copy as downloaded
from the networks.
GETTING HELP AND PRODUCT SUPPORT
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Digitizer Technology and our partners are committed to supporting the Virtual
Tablet Interface. Technical support options and points of contact may be found
AFTER installing the product by selecting "Getting Started Manual" or "Getting
Started Help" from Start\ Programs\ Virtual Tablet under Windows 9X and NT, or
by clicking the equivalent icon from the Program Manager group under Windows
3.1. Technical support options and points of contact may be found BEFORE
installing the product by clicking on the Setup32.Hlp file (Windows 9X and NT)
or Setup.Hlp (Windows 3.1) located on your diskette or within the downloaded
WinZip executable.
By contract, Digitizer Technology does not provide support for OEM Editions of
the Virtual Tablet Interface. Please contact the original equipment
manufacturer of your digitizer for Virtual Tablet Interface technical support.
RUNNING THE SETUP PROGRAM
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To run Setup, first make sure your computer and monitor are turned on and that
Microsoft Windows is installed and running. Then, perform the following steps:
[Windows 9X and NT]
1.In the Task Bar, choose Run from the Start button.
2.In the Command Line box type A:\INSTALL.EXE or an alternate location of the
Setup program.
3.Click the OK button or press Enter.
[Windows 3.1]
1.In the Program Manager window, choose Run from the File Menu.
2.In the Command Line box type A:\INSTALL.EXE or an alternate location of the
Setup program.
3.Click the OK button or press Enter.
IF YOU ARE INSTALLING THE VIRTUAL TABLET INTERFACE OVER OTHER DIGITIZER
SOFTWARE, MAKE SURE THAT SOFTWARE IS REMOVED BEFORE RUNNING SETUP. CONTACT THE
DIGITIZER MANUFACTURER FOR HELP, IF NECESSARY.
Note: The files on the Virtual Tablet Interface installation disks are
compressed and are not usable until expanded. The Setup program expands the
compressed files as it copies them onto your hard disk. The Windows expand
utility and other public domain compression programs will not work with the
installation files since they contain proprietary codes. Compressed files are
identified with an extension containing a dollar sign ("$"). IF YOU ARE USING A
DEMONSTRATION COPY OF THE PRODUCT, MAKE SURE YOU RETAIN A COPY OF THE SETUP
FILES IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE PRODUCT AT THE END OF THE EVALUATION PERIOD.
WINDOWS XP/SP2 ERROR REGARDING "AUTOEXEC.NT"
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After installation of Service Pack 2, Windows XP may display an error message
relating to "AUTOEXEC.NT" when trying to run certain 16-bit applications.
[DISCUSSION]
Like other applications the setup software used for the installation makes use
of 16-bit Windows technology which requires a valid AUTOEXEC.NT file to be
present in the system. This file, which is part of the Windows 16-bit subsystem
as it ships with Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, normally
resides in the "System32" subdirectory of the Windows installation directory.
Installation of Windows XP Service Pack 2 on an otherwise "healthy" Windows XP
system may delete the AUTOEXEC.NT file. As a result, when trying to run certain
applications which make use of 16-bit technology an error message like the
following may be displayed:
"16 bit Windows Subsystem - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is
not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose
'Close' to terminate the application."
The error message can be misleading, because it is displayed even if the
AUTOEXEC.NT file is actually missing.
To verify whether you have the file, type "%windir%/system32/" in the address
bar of an Explorer window. If there is no AUTOEXEC.NT file proceed as follows:
1. Browse to "%windir%/repair/" (usually "C:\WINDOWS\repair")
2. Right-Click and Copy the AUTOEXEC.NT file
3. Browse to "%windir%/system32/" (usually "C:\WINDOWS\System32")
4. Right-Click inside the window and Paste the file
The error condition described here may also be the result of corruption of the
AUTOEXEC.NT file, in which case the above procedure may be helpful to restore a
valid file.
[SYMPTOMS]
If you try to start or install an MS-DOS-based or a 16-bit Windows-based
program on your Windows XP-based computer, you may receive an error message
that is similar to one of the following:
16-bit MS-DOS Subsystem path to the program that you are trying to start or
install C:\Winnt\System32\config.nt The system file is not suitable for running
MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the
application.
16-bit MS-DOS Subsystem path to the program that you are trying to start or
install config.nt The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and
Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.
16-bit MS-DOS Subsystem path to the program that you are trying to start or
install C:\Windows\System32\Autoexec.nt The system file is not suitable for
running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate
the application.
Although you may be prompted to quit the program or ignore the error message,
either selection makes the program quit.
[CAUSE]
This issue may occur if one or more of the following files are missing or
damaged: Config.nt, Autoexec.nt, and Command.com
[RESOLUTION]
To resolve this issue:
1. Insert the CD into the CD drive or DVD drive.
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.
4. At the command prompt, type the following commands, pressing ENTER after
each command:
expand CD-ROM Drive Letter:\i386\config.nt_ c:\windows\system32\config.nt
expand CD-ROM Drive Letter:\i386\autoexec.nt_
c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt
expand CD-ROM Drive Letter:\i386\command.co_
c:\windows\system32\command.com
Exit
5. Start or install the program. If the issue is resolved, do not complete the
remaining steps. If the issue is not resolved, go to the next step.
6. Note: The Command.com file is not edited or created in this in the following
process. Because of this, you may have to expand it from your Windows XP CD-
ROM.
Start Notepad.
7. In Notepad, type the following entries:
dos=high, umb
device=%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\himem.sys
files=40
8. On the File menu, click Save As.
9. In the File Name box, type Config.nt, and then click Save. Close the
Config.nt file.
10. On the File menu, click New.
11. In the new blank document, type the following entries:
@echo off
lh %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\mscdexnt.exe
lh %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\redir
lh %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\dosx
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3
12. On the File menu, click Save As.
13. In the File Name box, type Autoexec.nt, and then click Save. Close the
Autoexec.nt file.
14. Start Windows Explorer. Locate the Config.nt file, right-click the
Config.nt file, and then click Copy.
15. Right-click the %SYSTEMROOT%\System32 folder, and then click Paste.
16. Locate the Autoexec.nt file, right-click the Autoexec.nt file, and then
click Copy.
17. Right-click the %SYSTEMROOT%\System32 folder, and then click Paste.
18. Locate the Command.com file, right-click the expanded Command.com file, and
then click Copy.
19. Right-click the %SYSTEMROOT%\System32 folder, and then click Paste.
Restart your computer.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.