Touch Screen Simulator: Are there any windows simulator to test application in touch screen environment

Question

I want to test my application in touch screen environment. My application is a web site build in asp.net(.net framework 3.5) and flash. I want to test my application with the simulator with Windows XP/Vista/7.

Please let me know is there any simulator released by Microsoft or any third party where I can test my application.

Thanks Vinay Pandey

Answer 1

You can use Windows 8 and Visual studio 2012 express and there is Windows Simulator when you run Windows store (aka Metro) applications trough VS. But you can run Simulator without VS and run any installed windows app trough it.

Simulator is located in :

c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Simulator\11.0\Microsoft.Windows.Simulator.exe

or

c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Simulator\11.0\Microsoft.Windows.Simulator.exe

Answer 2

I have had considerable luck with the free version of SplashTop and an Android tablet, which can be had quite cheaply. The desktop streamer works well in a LAN.

Answer 3

You can try Microsoft Surface SDK. It contains a simulator that can simulate a system that only has touch capabilities (ie. Microsoft Surface). It doesn't seem to want to install on 64 bit Win 7 so I couldn't test it.

Answer 4

In case somebody is still looking for that in 2018(like I do), it is possible to use Microsoft Remote Desktop + iPad(or probably any Android tablet - haven't tried) with free "RD Client" app. The downside is that you'll be logged out from your PC session when connected from iPad.

Answer 5

You can try this: http://multitouchvista.codeplex.com/

Or buy a cheap tablet with Win7/XP.