Is there a way to simulate touch events in Windows 8

Question

Is there a way to simulate touch events in Windows 8 (and preferably in windows 7).
I know there is a project called Multi touch vista but I feel its a bit overkill and

Answer 1

I haven't had a chance to try it myself, but according to this article, the simulator included with the Windows 8 Dev Preview allows for simulating multi-touch zoom and rotation gestures using a mouse.

You can see a demonstration of this at approximately 35:40 of this BUILD conference session: Tools for building Metro style apps