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iam looking for a lightweight solution to retrieve pen pressure from a wacom tablet. My system is win7 64bit and the application is an SFML c++ 64bit program. I found that wintab seems to be the industry standard but its only 32bit. Also i found MS Ink, but iam not sure if this makes sense since i wrote my own brush/pen drawing program already. I would just need the realtime pen pressure data. XY i get already from mouse coordinates in SFML.

Chris
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  • Doesn't Wacom [6.3.38-2](https://cdn.wacom.com/u/productsupport/drivers/win/professional/releasenotes/Windows_6.3.38.html) work under Windows 7 64-bit? – Eljay Jan 29 '20 at 20:59
  • Yes, i run this driver on my win7 x64 system and it works well. But i need to grab the pen pressure value for my c++ program in some way. – Chris Jan 29 '20 at 21:05
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    Then you'll need to use the [Wintab docs](https://developer-docs.wacom.com/display/DevDocs/Wintab+docs), which has sample code. – Eljay Jan 29 '20 at 22:30
  • @Elyay , Here the docs say..Quote: "The central component of the system is the WINTAB module, WINTAB.DLL [Wacom supports Win32 systems with Wintab32.dll.], which provides application interface services, and to which one or more device drivers connect." So my question is: Can i access/use this Wintab32.dll and the example code in a 64bit application?? – Chris Jan 30 '20 at 09:17
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    `dumpbin /headers C:\Windows\System32\Wintab32.dll` says it is 64-bit, and `dumpbin /headers C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wintab32.dll` says it is 32-bit. – Eljay Jan 30 '20 at 12:56
  • Okay. So in other words this means that there is a 64bit AND a 32bit version available, although they are both named Wintab32.dll. Interesting and confusing naming conventions for beginners. Thank you very much for your help! Its much appreciated! So i can finally use the 64bit dll in my 64bit application then. Great! :) – Chris Jan 30 '20 at 13:06

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