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Written by Wojciech Kocjan
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When I first got my HTC Touch Pro, I tried using the D-Pad and even read some tutorials on how you can use it. Still, most of the times when I wanted to press left or right, I hit home, call, back or hang up buttons. Still, it didn't prevent me from making mistakes. So I decided to write a small game to help me learn the D-Pad. The idea is quite simple - software picks a random button and you have to press it... the faster the better.
Since I was too lazy to do the idea in .Net, I used Tcl/Tk to write it. So people need to install
eTcl to run it, but it is a very powerful tool anyway, so I recommend using eTcl for every power user. For the curious ones - the game has around 150 lines of code, so it's quite small.
You'll need to install eTcl for PocketPC (available from here), download DPadTrainer.etk file and run it from any file explorer.
After running it, the screen below will show up:
Just choose Program -> Start and you're in the game.
Also, please note that the application enforces grabbing focus so you're not able to minimize it. Sorry about that!
Have fun! |
