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1. Ca J On this page you can modify e the name of the built penlet e the version number of the penlet e whether the penlet appears on the smartpen s main menu e if it does the name that appears in the smartpen s main menu for the penlet e the audio file if any that plays when the penlet s name rolls into view in the smartpen s main menu The default values are as follows the built penlet has the same name as the project e penlet version is 1 0 0 e penlet will appear as an item on the smartpen s main menu e the penlet s name on the main menu is the same as the project name e no audio file plays when the penlet s name rolls into view in the smartpen s main menu 30 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Note This audio file is played only when the user is scrolling through the smartpen s main menu When the penlet s name rolls into view in the OLED the sound plays It replaces the generic menu rolling sound In our Very Simple Penlet sample however we have a HelloWorld wav sound that plays when the penlet is launched To launch a penlet the user selects the penlet s name when it appears in the main menu 8 On the Additional Configuration page of the wizard do the following a Make sure that the Add the application to the Pulse smartpen menu checkbox is selected b In the Menu name for application field change HelloWorld tO Hello World Sample which is a friendlier name to d
2. Use Custom lexicon hello world The Intelligent Character Recognition ICR Configuration page allows you to specify values that will limit the scope of writing the ICR engine s will recognize You choose to specify a subset of the total possible characters for two reasons e to improve accuracy For example an I can look like a numeral 1 If you limit your penlet s recognition capabilities to only numerals you have increased the chances for accurate recognition e to improve performance You can optimize the ICR engine s speed by limiting the set of characters if needs to recognize 71 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK You specify a custom lexicon to restrict the ICR engine to recognize only these terms which can improve both accuracy and performance Option Action The minimum delay ms interpreted as a pause Specifies the period of time without the user making new strokes that the ICR engine will interpret as a pause and usually the end of the stroke In milliseconds Configure the penlet s character subset See table below Use Custom lexicon Words you specify here will be inserted in a custom lexicon No other words will be recognized The following table describes the available subsets of the entire character set You can select only one of these Option You specify a subset of the total possible characters Alphabetic charac
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4. HWRListener Responds to handwriting recognition events C MenuEventListener Responds to the user s menu selections C PaperListener Responds when the smartpen touches a new page or document C PenTipListener Responds when the user lifts or puts down the smartpen _ StrokeListener Responds when the user creates strokes on the page OOeodoqgdo Cl SystemEventListener Responds when the smartpen state changes In this walkthrough we will not make any selections on this page The selections we made on the Penlet Project Creation Page will add the appropriate event handlers and the code needed to implement them Examining this generated code can be very instructive You may wish to create several penlet projects experimenting with different options on the Penlet Project Creation page of the wizard With that experience you will be ready to run the wizard and select options on the Event Configuration page 7 In the Event Configuration page of the wizard click Next The Additional Configuration page appears 29 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard Additional Configuration Provide information about the penlet application Application identifier Hello World Application version number 1 0 0 Add the application to the Pulse smartpen menu Menu Configuration Menu name for application Hello World Sample Sound to play when menu item appears
5. Width 21 589 Height 27 938 Margins Oa Change Margins C Use Background Image s 6 Click Finish The wizard will then create and display your paper product and ask if you wish to open the Eclipse perspective windows and views for paper design You can also manually select this perspective from Window gt Open Perspective gt Paper Design 45 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Design the Paper Product After creating the paper product project with the wizard you can then use the Paper Designer to complete your design Import the Livescribe Flip Pad Insert Card AFD File For this example you will import the Flip Pad insert card AFD file as a starting point Normally however you will use the custom paper product AFD created by the wizard in the steps above 7 Choose File gt Import 8 In the Import dialog open the General folder and then choose Filesystem and click Next Select Import resources from the local file system into an existing project Select an import source type filter text amp General Archive File Existing Projects into Workspace Q File System E Preferences H E cvs H E Livescribe H E Run Debug H E Tasks H E Team H E XML 10 In the Import File system dialog click Browse next to the From directory text box 46 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK 11 Navigate to the Livescribe SDK installation package and s
6. Images are found in the res images directory of your penlet project To activate the ARW editor double click on an ARW file in the Package Explorer The ARW editor appears in its own window 67 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK E helloworld arw x Ta Hello Worki The ARW editor is a 1 bit pixel editor By clicking in the editor you can convert dark pixels to light or vice versa You can also drag the mouse over the image to color additional pixels in the area Event Configuration Page This is the second page of the Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard Checking an item will create event listeners and event handler stubs that you can implement later Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard Event Configuration Choose which events to which the penlet will respond C Can receive events from unclaimed Paper space F RegionEnterExitListener Responds when the smartpen enters or leaves a region C HWRListener Responds to handwriting recognition events _ MenuEventListener Responds to the user s menu selections _ PaperListener Responds when the smartpen touches a new page or document _ PenTipListener Responds when the user lifts or puts down the smartpen Sdeoqddsd C StrokeListener Responds when the user creates strokes on the page 68 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Option Listener Adds These Methods C
7. In the Smartpen Debug View select LifeCycleEvents from the Filter by application drop down box 5 Click Read Debug RAM Recognize written characters Recognizing characters written by the user on Open Paper Recognize dynamic regions Creating a region when the user draws a shape on Open Paper Subsequently when the user interacts with the shape the penlet is activated Read Properties from a resource file Writing a single name value pair CONFIGDATA Hello World to the config txt file When launched the penlet reads this property and displays the name and its value on the smartpen OLED Smartpen Debug View Select Window gt Show View gt Smartpen Debug Alternatively you may have to select Window gt Show View gt Other and then select Livescribe gt Smartpen Debug The Smartpen Debug view appears This view displays the debug messages currently stored on the smartpen The information includes the most recent penlet and system related events You can 76 examine this output to discover the events that occurred during the smartpen s recent operatio Smartpen Info 4 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK n Filter by application JavaRuntime Filter by logger level DEBUG Filter by expression any character Read Debug RAM JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DE
8. Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard The project wizard simplifies the process of creating penlet projects Views two views Smartpen Info and Smartpen Debug that provide information about the state of the connected pen NOTE The views window may be so narrow that the full title is not visible such as Smar instead of Smartpen Debug Expand a view by clicking and dragging the left border Actions Toolbar buttons and menu options allow you to deploy penlets to a pen Dialogs allow you to convert resources images audio files for usage on the pen or add system sounds wav to a penlet project Image Editor a simple editor for setting pixel values in a smartpen compatible ARW file Package Explorer a tree control that displays the projects in the workspace The name of each project appears on the top most level Click the plus next to a project name and drill down to see the various files that make up the project Although penlet and paper projects appear in this view Package Explorer is designed to drill down into Java projects such as penlets To drill down into paper projects switch to the Paper Design perspective Import Project Wizard The SDK makes it possible to import penlet projects created outside of the SDK For detailed information on using the Penlet feature please see the section titled Creating Your First Penlet in this manual Paper Design Perspective The Livescribe Paper Des
9. 88 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK the bottom of each page in a Livescribe notebook is implemented as a group of static regions See Active Region Dynamic Region Claiming Linking and Fixed Print Syslet A special kind of system level penlet that provides system level functionality for menuing and volume control Unlike normal penlets when a penDown occurs on a Region ID of a syslet the currently active penlet does not lose focus See Penlet TTS Text to Speech UGC User Generated Content Data generated by a Pulse smartpen user This information can be shared with the Livescribe Online community USB Mobile Charging Cradle The included cradle that charges and connects your Pulse smartpen to your computer User Input The most common way for users to enter commands and data to a penlet is by writing or tapping on paper User input is captured through smartpen events such as penDown and strokeCreated which are handled by a penlet Virtual Notebook Collection of digitized pages gathered into a notebook that does not necessarily have a physical paper counterpart Virtual Page Collection of ink or audio or both gathered from other pages collected into a digitized page that does not necessarily have a physical paper counterpart Web Services A comprehensive set of on line services to support users developers and Pulse smartpen partners 89
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11. Responds when the user creates strokes on the page _ SystemEventListener Responds when the smartpen state changes Add System Sounds to the Selected Project The fourth option Add System Sounds lets you insert additional audio files wav into the currently selected project The following figure shows what the Add System Sounds dialog box looks like 66 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Add System Sounds to the Selected Project C Acknowledge OK Play Increase playback speed Play C Jump back during playback Play C Decrease playback speed C General alert Play C Action not available Play C Correct answer Play C Center tap in NavPlus Play C Cancel Play C Scroll down in NavPlus Play C Optional tap sound Play C Scroll up in NavPlus Play C Acknowledge double top Play C Next Right Up Play C End of menu Play Reset Play C User Error Play C Scroll Play C Jump forward during playback Play C User Selection Play Click the Play button to hear the sound produced by the audio file To choose one or more system sounds click the corresponding checkboxes in the dialog Then click OK to add them to the currently selected project The selected WAV files will be placed in the res audio directory ARW Editor ARW is a proprietary monochrome format used specifically with the Pulse smartpen The SDK s Resource Converter converts existing images to ARW but can t be used to edit them
12. and creates the electronic version of your paper product known as an AFD Livescribe paper products are defined by an AFD file which contains paper attributes dot space images application linkages and other relevant information The wizard will create the main source version of the AFD under the src folder from which you can print and a 44 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK separate AFD file under the dist folder that will be deployed on the smartpen For this example the wizard will create an AFD but you will not be using it Instead you will use the pre defined AFD from the Livescribe Flip Pad insert card 1 Launch Eclipse 2 Choose File gt New gt Livescribe Paper Project This starts the Livescribe Paper Project Creation Wizard and opens up a Paper Product Perspective view in the IDE 3 Specify properties for the project Enter the project name such as FlipPadI nsert and verify the location of your Eclipse workspace 4 Uncheck the Use Background I mage s checkbox You will not need this for this example 5 Leave other parameters as their defaults Livescribe Paper Project Creation Wizard Paper Project Creation Page Configure the paper project s location name author and initial paper sizing Project Name FlipPadInsert Project Location C workspace Author Title FlipPadinsert Number of Pages 1 Paper Format Letter v Portrait Landscape
13. view you can filter messages that were output by a particular penlet e J avaRuntime displays the log messages output by the smartpen s runtime lt System gt displays the log messages generated by the smartpen s low level firmware Filter by logger level The data log on the smartpen can have four types of messages DEBUG INFO WARN and ERROR This drop down list allows you to limit displayed messages to one of these types Note These log messages will be output to the data log only if the penlet code calls the appropriate methods debug info warn Of error of the Logger Class 77 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK e Filter by expression If you enter text in the Filter by expression box and press Read Debug RAM all debug messages containing that text will be displayed The wildcard matches O or more occurrences of any characters Thus c t matches cat cot caught and ct Click the Read Debug RAM button to display the smartpen s latest debug messages You must click this button whenever you modify any of the filter settings Click the Save to File button to store the Debug RAM messages to a file on your computer All data is saved as text Smartpen I nfo View Select Window gt Show View gt Smartpen Info Alternatively you may have to select Window gt Show View gt Other and then select Livescribe gt Smartpen Info The Smartpen Info view appears w Smartpen Debug Read
14. Livescribe specific tasks For this reason the Eclipse feature provides an import project wizard for converting externally generated projects into Livescribe specific projects 1 Select File gt Import The Import wizard starts 2 Select Livescribe gt Livescribe Penlet Project from the Select page of the wizard 3 Select the option labeled Select archive file Browse to the root directory of your penlet project 4 Click Finish 70 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Intelligent Character Recognition ICR Configuration This page of the wizard appears only under one of the following circumstances e if you select Recognize written characters in the Penlet Project Creation Page e if you select HWRListener Responds to handwriting recognition events in the Event Configuration Page of the Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard e if you select HWRListener Responds to handwriting recognition events in the Add Remove Event Handlers dialog Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard Intelligent Character Recognition ICR Configuration Configure the Penlet s Alphabet Lexicon and Subset Knowledge The minimum delay ms interpreted as a pause 1000 Configure the penlet s character subset Alphabetic characters and numbers O Alphabetic characters only O Lower case alphabetic characters only O Numbers only O Custom subset Add each character No subset Use entire alphabet
15. PaperListener Responds when the smartpen touches a new page or document PenTipListener Responds when the user lifts or puts down the smartpen StrokeListener Responds when the user creates strokes on the page C SystemEventListener Responds when the smartpen state changes OeaaeaaaO Click Next Provide additional configuration information including a specific application identifier and version number Specify a menu name for the example Leave blank the Sound to play when the menu is invoked text box This is not 43 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK required for this example Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard Additional Configuration Provide information about the penlet application Application identifier FlipPadInsertPenlet Application version number 1 0 0 V Add the application to the Pulse smartpen menu Menu Configuration Menu name for application FlipPad Sound to play when menu item appears 8 Click Finish Create a Paper Product Project The easiest way to create a new paper project is to use the Livescribe Paper Project Creation Wizard Set Up the Paper Product Project In this example you will import an existing file to use as your paper product and will add a tap and play button Active Region to it However you must first create a project for the paper product The Livescribe Paper Project Creation Wizard sets up the project
16. Smartpen features and use e Livescribe Desktop User Manuals for Mac OS X and Windows explain Livescribe Desktop features and use Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Introduction This section describes the development platforms supported by the Livescribe Platform SDK as well as some issues pertaining to developers on particular platforms It also contains some important notes and warnings that developers should keep in mind Supported Development Platforms The Livescribe Platform SDK supports the following development platforms e Windows XP SP2 SP3 and Windows Vista Notes and Warnings As you undertake your first penlet development please keep the following notes and warnings in mind Do Not Distribute Livescribe Binaries The Livescribe Platform SDK includes development tools for generating application resources installing penlets to and uninstalling penlets from the smartpen You may freely use these tools while developing penlets but the Livescribe Developer License Agreement prohibits you from distributing these tools to your customers The Livescribe online store will be the venue for sale and distribution of your penlets to smartpen users Please post questions on specific binaries to the Livescribe Developer Forums and the Developer Team will provide answers Expect Continued Support of Current API The Livescribe Platform exposes a Java API for developing smartpen applications You can depend on
17. a way file or O directory to be converted to WavPack Choose the desired format O Lossless audio conversion up to 42 compression Lossy audio conversion high fidelity up to 72 compression Lossy audio conversion medium fidelity up to 79 compression O Lossy audio conversion low fidelity up to 85 compression To perform audio conversion click the Browse button and navigate to the WAV file you intend to convert Select one of the two conversion choices and click Save File to add the converted file to your penlet project Note Not all audio files can be converted or played on the Pulse smartpen To be convertible all WAV files must be sampled at 16kHz with 16 bits per sample 74 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Penlet Project Creation Page This is the first page of the Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard It consists of two halves Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard Penlet Project Creation Page e Enter 4 project name Project name Project location Penlet class name Package name Initial Content C Display Hello World as text C Recognize written characters C Display a Hello World image C Recognize dynamic regions C Play a Hello World sound C Read properties from a resource file C Log Penlet lifecycle events in the debug RAM Cancel In the top half you specify the project name project location
18. affect rendering of images in the editor only Ant Help Rasterizer executable gswin32c exe Install Update Java Livescribe Resolution Paper Project Preferences O7sdpi O100dpi 150 dpi Command line executables dUseCIEColor dFirst E E E Postscript Rendering 200 dpi H Run Debug Tasks Team Usage Data Collector validation XML Restore Defaults Apply 3 In the Preferences dialog specify values that the Paper Designer should use to launch the Ghostscript executable For instance if you are running Windows you values might be similar to these e Rasterizer executable c Program Files gs gs8 64 bin gswin32c exe e Command line sexecutable dUseCIEColor dFirst e Resolution 150 dpi 4 Add the Ghostscript path to the PATH environment variable in the System Variables of the System dialog For instance in this case you d add C Program Files gs gs8 64 bin Warning The 64 bit version of Ghostscript is not currently supported If you are running 64 bit Windows you must install the 32 bit version of Ghostscript Do not forget to include the location of your 32 bit Ghostscript distribution in your PATH environment variable 17 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Option 1 Installing Eclipse and Livescribe s Features Together Your first option is to install Eclipse 3 4 with the Livescribe Eclipse Features already installed This is the simplest and fastes
19. and paper development consists of these steps 1 Updating Livescribe Desktop Windows to version 1 6 and updating pen software to version 1 6 Copying the Livescribe Platform SDK to your file system Installing the J DK Installing Ghostscript a og ee OPTION 1 Installing Eclipse and Livescribe s Eclipse Features OR OPTION 2 Adding Livescribe s Eclipse features to an existing Eclipse Updating Livescribe Desktop Your Livescribe Desktop application must be up to date You should install all available updates That way you can be sure to have the latest USB drivers required by the smartpen and that your smartpen firmware image is also up to date 14 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK 1 Install Livescribe Desktop from www livescribe com On the web site click Support gt Getting Started gt Livescribe DesktopXP Vista 32bit 2 Launch Livescribe Desktop and select Help gt Check for Updates 3 If your smartpen or desktop software is not up to date an online wizard will offer to download and install available updates You should accept each update until the wizard indicates that your smartpen and desktop software are up to date Copying the Livescribe Platform SDK Copying the Livescribe Platform SDK to your file system consists of downloading the SDK zip file from the Livescribe web site and then unzipping it on your computer 1 Go to http www livescribe com developer 2 If you ha
20. at the time passed in to this event handler 2 Create a shape from that stroke a Call getNumberofVertices method on that stroke to return the number of vertices in the shape b Note For the sake of this simple example we required that the user draw the shape in one stroke without picking up the smartpen c Ceate a new Polygon object with that number of vertices d Set the X and Y coordinates for each vertex of that Polygon using the Stroke 3 Create a Region using that shape a Create a Region object and add it to the current Regions collection Notice that when you add the Region you pass in the Polygon you created a few lines above 4 Display the height and width of that shape on the smartpen s OLED a Finally you want to display some feedback to the user of this sample So you call getBoundingBox method on the Polygon object Then get the height and width of the bounding box and pass it to the label draw method for display on the OLED The canProcessOpenPaperEvents Method Locate the canProcessOpenPaperEvents method at the end of the HelloOpenPaper java file It is another event handler specified by StrokeListener You must implement this method and return true if you wish your penlet to be able to receive any events such as strokes from Open Paper 40 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Creating a Fixed Print Application This section walks through the basic steps of deve
21. dialog should appear that says Collecting smartpen information Identifying information about your smartpen should appear in the table below Connected Smartpens The Mode value should be Normal You will probably also see data in the Installed Penlets and Installed Documents tables 12 If your have more than one smartpen connected make sure the checkbox of the correct smartpen is selected in the Connected Smartpens table 13 In the Project Explorer right click on the project name which is the top most node in each project In our case it is the text HelloOpenPaper with the penlet project icon in front of it m d HelloOpenPaper 14 Select Deploy Penlet from the popup menu IMPORTANT Wait until all progress messages in Eclipse and on the smartpen itself have disappeared Your smartpen should be displaying the date and time before you proceed 37 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Your project is preverified packaged into a JAR and deployed to your smartpen You should check that the deployment was successful First consult the Smartpen Info view in Eclipse to see if your HelloOpenPaper sample appears in the Installed Penlets table 15 Click the Smartpen I nfo tab if necessary to display the Smartpen Info view Click on the Read Smartpen button A progress dialog should appear that says Collecting smartpen information 16 In the Installed Penlets table find your penlet You may need to scrol
22. executable directly the Eclipse installation does not create an icon in the Windows start menu 2 Select Help gt Software Updates 3 Then click on the Available Software tab 18 10 11 12 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Click Add Site Click Archive to create an update site for your Livescribe feature The update site is called an archive because the feature is packaged as a zip file In the SDK navigate to 1 0 1 EclipsePlugins plat formSDK10updatesite zip Select the zip file and click Open In the Add Site dialog click OK On the Available Software tab the Livescribe update site should automatically appear in the list of update sites The top level node will display the location of the zip file on your file system Select the check box for the Livescribe update site Then click Install to start the installation wizard On the Install page of the wizard click Finish OR If you have not accepted the Livescribe license the Next button will be ungrayed Click Next On the Review Licenses page click accept the terms of the license agreement Then click Finish Click Yes to restart Eclipse When Eclipse launches you may have to select your workspace Then click OK You should see Livescribe s Pen Debug and Pen Info views If not select Window gt Open Perspective gt Other gt Paper Design and Window gt Open Perspective gt Other gt Penlet Then click OK 1
23. gif jpg jpeg png bmp to be converted to arw Browse Pixel luminance threshold J Convert File Images Tab The first tab converts images gif jpg png and bmp to the pen supported ARW format Click Browse to bring up a file selection dialog then click Save File to save the converted image into the currently selected project Below the file selection text box the preview canvas shows what the converted image will look like If the original image is a color image each color in the image will be converted to a luminance value between 0 0 and 1 0 By default pixels with a luminance greater than 0 5 will be colored white while those with a luminance less than 0 5 will be colored black in the ARW image You can adjust the luminance threshold by adjusting the scale Sounds Tab The second tab in the Resource Converter dialog makes it possible to convert audio files The Pulse smartpen supports three different file formats WAV wav 73 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK WavPack wv and AAC LC aac The WavPack format provides the same quality as wav but the converted files are approximately half the size The AAC LC format provides slightly diminished quality conversion but with significantly reduced file size The following figure shows what the audio conversion capability looks like on Windows gt Livescribe Resource Converter Images Sounds Select
24. help with debugging check the Log Penlet lifecycle events Leave the other checkboxes unchecked For this application you will not need them Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard Penlet Project Creation Page Configure the penlet project s name location class package and initial content Project name FlipPadInsertPenlet Project location C workspace Penlet class name FlipPadInsertPenlet Package name com xyzcorp flipPadPenlet Initial Content C Display Hello World as text C Recognize written characters C Display a Hello World image _ Recognize dynamic regions _ Play a Hello World sound C Read properties from a resource file Log Penlet lifecycle events in the debug RAM 5 Click Next and in the next dialog check the smartpen events you want the penlet to respond to The wizard will auto generate code to respond to typical smartpen events For this example check the Menu Event Listener and Pen 42 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Tip Listener checkboxes Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard Event Configuration Choose which events to which the penlet will respond C Can receive events from unclaimed paper space JRegionEnterExitListener Responds when the smartpen enters or leaves a region C HWRListener Responds to handwriting recognition events V MenuEventListener Responds to the user s menu selections
25. project s top node in Project Explorer Select Build Path gt Configure Build Path from the context menu In the build path editor select the Libraries tab There should be 3 libraries j2me jar java main jar livescribe jar Select the libraries and remove them On your file system find the classpath file It is located at the root directory of the project Open the file in a text editor Find the line that looks like this lt classpathentry kind srce path src gt After it add this line lt classpathentry kind con path PENLET_CONTAINER libraries gt 21 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK h Right click the project s top node in Package Explorer Select Refresh from the context menu Your project is converted to Platform SDK 1 0 1 Deprecation Errors You may see deprecation errors in the source code Some reasons might include The areaEnterExitListener interface was changed to RegionEnterExitListener The PenTipListener interface has a method whose name has changed from removePentipListener tO removePenTipListener Please refer to the Javadoc of the Livescribe API for further information on specific API changes Installing Features Plugins in SDK 1 0 1 a a oe ae 10 Launch Eclipse and select Help gt Software Updates Click on the Available Software tab Click on Add Site Click on Archive In the SDK navigate to EclipsePlug
26. the appropriate event handlers and the code needed to implement them Examining this generated code can be very instructive 7 In the Event Configuration page of the wizard click Next The Additional Configuration page appears 8 On the Additional Configuration page of the wizard do the following a Make sure that the Add the application to the Pulse smartpen menu checkbox is selected 36 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK b In the Menu name for application field change HelloOpenPaper to Hello Open Paper which is a friendlier name to have on the smartpen s main menu The wizard writes this information to menu txt and places the file in the project s res directory 9 On the Additional Configuration page of the wizard Click Finish and wait for the wizard to complete your project This can take a few seconds The Livescribe Penlet Project Creation wizard creates a HelloOpenPaper penlet project with source code that matches the selections you made on first page The Penlet perspective should be active with all the views and actions necessary to code and deploy a penlet Now that you ve created your HelloOpenPaper penlet project it s time to package it and install it on the pen 10 Dock your smartpen in its cradle and plug the USB connector in to your computer 11 Click the Smartpen Info tab if necessary to display the Smartpen Info view Click on the Read Smartpen button A progress
27. the packages and classes already exposed will continue to be supported in the future Upcoming releases of the SDK will contain new packages and classes to support additional functionality without disturbing the existing API Any removal of APIs will follow standard J ava deprecation procedures 10 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Contents of the SDK The Livescribe Platform SDK includes the Livescribe Platform API documentation sample code and a set of development tools The official IDE for penlet development is Eclipse plus custom plugins for Eclipse created by Livescribe The Livescribe API and all tools are immediately accessible from within Eclipse once the plugins are installed Plugins and Features An Eclipse feature is a package of one or more Eclipse plugins Livescribe publishes Eclipse features that contain the plugins you need for developing penlets and paper products When you see the word feature remember it is a specialized term in Eclipse and refers to a group of plugins that are installed uninstalled and managed as a group Directory Structure of the SDK The top level of the SDK 1 0 1 contains a directory reflecting the current version number of the Platform SDK such as 1 0 1 The tree below that directory is as follows e Coreutilities Directory subtree for developing penlets using one of the Core Utilities options Contains the Livescribe Smartpen API classes Javadoc for the Livescribe Sm
28. 9 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Updating the Livescribe Features You can keep your Livescribe Eclipse features up to date by simply installing the latest version of each feature as they become available Feature updates are performed by Eclipse s Update Manager We use local archived sites to update Livescribe s Eclipse features With this approach the simplest method for acquiring updates is to download the latest version of the Livescribe Platform SDK from the Livescribe web site Then activate the Update Manager and navigate to the new feature in the SDK and install it as a new update site As a result each new version of the feature will constitute its own update site This approach to updating does not make use of the Update Manager s Update button on the Installed Software tab The Update button the Install button on the Available Software tab is appropriate for an Eclipse remote update site Upgrading from a Penlet SDK 0 9 Feature You may have been using a pre release version of the Livescribe Platform SDK which was called the Penlet SDK at that time To upgrade from Penlet SDK 0 9 to Livescribe Platform SDK 1 0 1 perform the following steps 1 Remove the 0 9 1 feature as follows a Select Help gt Software Updates gt Installed Software b Highligh the feature such as Livescribe Penlet SDK c Click Uninstall 2 Quit Eclipse 3 On your file system navigate to the location where Eclipse is instal
29. BUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG JavaRuntime DEBUG Tere Jui JavaRuntime INFO Starting a Loading com livescribe paperreplay PaperReplay Creating penlet From class com livescribe paperre notifyShown com livescribe display DefaultScree Tue Jun 02 13 02 50 UTC 1970 lt HardwareEvt Tue Jun 02 13 02 50 UTC 1970 lt HardwareEvt Tue Jun 02 13 02 50 UTC 1970 lt HardwareEvt notifyShown com livescribe display DockingScree Tue Jun 02 13 02 50 UTC 1970 lt HardwareEvt Tue Jun 02 13 03 00 UTC 1970 lt HardwareEvt notifyShown com livescribe display DefaultScreet Tue Jun 02 13 03 00 UTC 1970 lt HardwareEvt iNew page lt PaperEvt gt NEWPAGE copy 0 pag Dispatching 0 lt PaperEvt gt NEWPAGE copy 0 Dispatching 1 lt PaperEvt gt NEWPAGE copy 0 lt PaperEvt gt PENDOWN copy 0 page 93 PA Tue Jun 02 13 03 03 UTC 1970 lt SystemEvt gt inotifyShown com livescribe runtime syslet Nodeq inotifyShown com livescribe ui Scrolllabel eOddk s gt o mesim eee a gt an ome The Debug RAM messages can be filtered in three ways Filter by application If the smartpen s penlets are listed in the Smartpen Info
30. Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Livescribe Platform SDK Version 1 0 1 Copyright and Trademarks LIVESCRIBE PULSE and PAPER REPLAY are trademarks or registered trademarks of Livescribe Inc Anoto is a trademark of Anoto Group AB Microsoft and Microsoft Word are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States or other countries MyScript is a registered trademark of Vision Objects Inc All other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners Copyright 2007 2009 Livescribe Inc All rights reserved GetStartedSDK 1 0 1 SDK 1 0 1 REV A 8 31 2009 4 15 PM Contents Preface sneaiceanna niga she canton seed da eran E Sia gana eMedia aves 7 About this DoCUMEN cece eect eee eee eee ene teeta eae tenet eeaes 7 About the Platform SDK Documentation Set cc cceeeee cess teeta ee 7 End User Documentation eceeeeee eee eee eee teeta teeta eae ene nneeaes 9 MEFOAUGEION oi 2c ede beg ce eek id dno T 10 Supported Development Platforms cceeeeee eect cece eee ee ee ene ees 10 Notes and WarningS cccecee cence eee eee ee eee eee teeta ena e eens 10 Do Not Distribute Livescribe Binaries cceeceee cece ee ee eee ee eae 10 Expect Continued Support of Current API cceeeeee ences eee 10 Contents of the SDK wsisec ceca ccce cress edad cats eee i eee erie eerie 11 Plugins ANd Featu
31. L OKIC9600 PS C Show Only Qualified Printers Lox L_ cance 5 Inthe next dialog select the printing properties to use For this example choose the settings below Output generation properties Pattern Settings Color and Misc Settings Layout Settings Nore auto O Standard J Fix Pagesize O Laser O Standard Laser ae O Inkjet Raw Page Height Dot Radius O Limited Laser a Dot Offset O PDFX 1A 2 r Up Y DPI printer _ Use Postscript Forms o Duplex N Up Offset pareve C Show Regions Bleed distance Hide Pattern Code age offset Extra parameters Note When testing your paper product you will use the default developer test pattern provided by the Paper Designer When you are ready to publish the paper product for distribution you will need to obtain a unique dot pattern license from Livescribe using the Livescribe Pattern Server 6 From the Project Explorer select the source AFD file in the src folder and right click to select Deploy to Smartpen 7 After deploying your penlet and deploying and printing your paper product test your application Tap on any of the printed controls to see that they work 59 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK as expected All the standard Livescribe controls should work like any other Livescribe paper products You should be able to tap on the Record button to start
32. Nav Plus A pre printed or hand drawn plus sign that lets you navigate your Pulse smartpen applications and files via the Menu system Nav Plus controls are pre printed on Livescribe paper products on the USB mobile charging cradle and elsewhere Users can create these dynamically on any unclaimed dot space by drawing a cross and double tapping on the center of the cross 85 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Note Pad A collection of sheets of Open Paper in which each sheet may have pre printed graphical materials on no more than 15 of its surface Region such as controls and tool bars excluding ruled lines grids and page numbers which may appear on all or any part of the surface Region Notebook Either a dot paper notebook or a Digitized version of one that the Pulse smartpen can interact with and that Livescribe Desktop can recognize and interact with Notes Mode The state of the Pulse smartpen system in which no applications are running and the system is just capturing strokes written by the user on dot paper The Pulse smartpen shows the Default Screen when the smartpen is in Notes Mode OLED Organic Light Emitting Diode A display technology that requires no backlight and draws far less power than LCDs The Pulse smartpen has an OLED display that is 18 x 96 pixels OP See Open Paper Open Paper OP Application An application that can dynamically claim Open Paper regions during runtime OP applications a
33. Notes covers late breaking information fixed bugs and known issues e Glossary terms and definitions located in Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Penlet Development Documentation e Developing Penlets the primary programming guide for open paper OP and fixed print FP penlet development e Livescribe Platform API javadoc API reference for packages classes and methods e User Experience Guidelines presents user interface guidelines for creating penlets to ensure a consistent user experience across all smartpen applications e Development Guidelines presents guidelines for creating penlets and paper products that conform to Livescribe standards and legal requirements Paper Product Development Documentation e Developing Paper Products introduces the Livescribe Paper Designer and processes for designing paper products for the Pulse smartpen Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK End User Documentation To learn about the Pulse Smartpen and Livescribe Desktop from a user s perspective please consult their user guides They are available at http www livescribe com Click on the Support button and locate the Documents list in the right hand column Links to the following documents in PDF format are available e Getting Started introduces the Pulse Smartpen A dot enabled version of this document is included in the Pulse Smartpen box e Pulse Smartpen User Manual explains Pulse
34. Paper Replay Tapping the Nav Plus should invoke the Main Menu On the Main Menu scroll down to the menu item called My Apps From there locate your new application Flip Pad Right tap on the Nav Plus to start the application Next tap on the custom Active Area you defined for the Livescribe Dot Paper logo It should play the Hello World wav file as you intended 60 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Command Reference This section is a reference of the wizards and dialogs of the Penlet Feature Menus These are the menus available in the Penlet perspective that apply to penlet development Livescribe To access this menu select Livescribe on the main menu bar at the top of your Eclipse window The Livescribe menu has one item Menu Item Action Resource Converter Displays the Livescribe Resource Converter File gt New To access this menu select File gt New on the main menu bar at the top of your Eclipse window The File gt New menu contains two items that pertain to development on the Livescribe Platform Menu Item Action Livescribe Penlet Project Launches the Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard Livescribe Paper Project Launches the Livescribe Paper Product Wizard For details see the manual titled Developing Paper Products Context Menu To access this menu highlight the top node of a penlet project in one of the resource navigation views Pro
35. Smartpen Connected Smartpens Smartpen ID Mode Version SVN 0x1000005c4 Normal 604 270608 010600 27437 Installed Penlets Name Class Size Version System resource 3 com livescribe LS_I 5 314 134 1 3 0_r186 Movies com livescribe hots 4 855 459 1 3 1246 Paper Replay com livescribe pape 1 098 313 1 4 0_r271 Quick Commands com livescribe activ 46 688 1 3 0_r2161 Scientific Calcula com livescribe Fpcal 486 391 1 4 0_r2461 Settings com livescribe setti 2 268 772 1 4 0_r273 System resource 1 com livescribe runti 1 733 1 4 0_r270 System resource 2 com livescribe LS_5 1 807 109 1 3 0_r186 Translator Demo com livescribe trans 2 494 962 1 3 0_r2721 Hello World com livescribe samp 3 066 1 0 0_rN4 HelloMarkProject com livescribe mark 1 943 Pe are a ee EE ED aman Installed Documents Name Unlined Journal 1 COVER Oxd5c9048d324268a Unlined Journal 1 0x2f87a14de7e570c8 Lined Journal 1 COVER Oxd5 9048dd537cF15 Lined Journal 1 Ox2F87 a14dF99e1 9bF Unlined Journal 2 COVER Oxd5 9048d3ab41 bbe Unlined Journal 2 0x2f87a14d8e4462f6 Lined Journal 2 COVER Oxd5c9048d9a44d252 Lined Journal 2 0x2f87a14df99c5f42 Demo Card Oxeb9beabe37a13433 78 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Click the Read Smartpen button in the Smartpen Info view If no smartpens are connected the first table will respond with the message No Smartpens Connected If a smart
36. Wait until all progress messages in Eclipse and on the smartpen itself have disappeared Your smartpen should be displaying the date and time before you proceed Your project is preverified packaged into a JAR and deployed to your smartpen You should check that the deployment was successful First consult the Smartpen Info view in Eclipse to see if your HelloWorld sample appears in the Installed Penlets table 15 In the Installed Penlets table of the Smartpen Info view find your penlet You may need to scroll 16 On your Pulse smartpen try actually running the HelloWorld penlet a Remove the Pulse pen from its cradle b Tap down on the directional arrow of any Nav Plus and scroll through the smartpen s main menu until you reach the My Apps item c Tap right You are now in a submenu that contains the names of all penlets that you installed on the smartpen d Tap left to scroll through your applications There may be only one e Tap right to activate your HelloWorld penlet This activation plays the helloworld wav audio file which welcomes you with Hello world 33 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Creating an Open Paper Penlet Now let s create a different simple penlet called HelloOpenPaper We assume that you have already created the previous sample HelloWorld and are familiar with the basics of the Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard If not please go to Creating a Very Simpl
37. across all applications on the smartpen third party developers should include these audio files in their penlet projects as needed Samples Sample projects for simple Hello World penlets and a sample paper project For more samples go to http www livescribe com In the Developer Forums find Sample Code amp Docs amp FAQs README txt This file provides a quick overview of how to set up your development environment Aimed at experienced developers it briefly describes set up for the three development environment options described above For more detailed instructions see Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK 12 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Setting Up Your IDE The basic environment for developing penlets and paper products consists of e Eclipse e Eclipse plugins from Livescribe e theJDK Java Development Kit e anda postscript rasterizer such as Ghostscript In addition to create background images for your paper product you will need a graphics authoring tool that produces EPS files Two excellent choices are Adobe s Illustrator and the open source program Inkscape Hardware and Software Requirements Penlet and paper product development requires the following hardware and software e The Windows operating system Windows XP Windows Vista e A USB connection to a Livescribe Pulse Pen e The Pulse Pen driver and smartpen communication software Installing Livescribe Desktop autom
38. among other things Region Id An internal 64 bit number that uniquely identifies an Active Region to a smartpen The Region Id encodes Area Id Instance Id Occlusiveness and Z order amongst other things An Active Region is a portion of paper Active Regions may overlap in which case their Z order defines the ordering of events delivered and their occlusive property defines whether active regions with lower Z orders are processed at all Region See Active Region Resources mages and audio files used by a penlet They are included in the project and are packed into the J AR when the penlet is built Session in Paper Replay The audio with or without linked notes that is recorded between the time the user taps Start and Stop on the Paper Replay paper controls Also known as a Paper Replay Recording Share Upload file s to online account myLivescribe presumably for sharing with others Smartpen Application The combination of a penlet and Paper Product that enables a Pulse smartpen to interact with dot paper Smartpen Movie An animation that plays on the Pulse smartpen s OLED Smartpen The Pulse smartpen and subsequent generations of smartpens sold by Livescribe Static Region An Active Region specified by the developer in the paper product definition see AFD The dot paper usually has a printed graphic to indicate the location and usage of the static Region For example the Paper Replay control bar at
39. an receive events from unclaimed paper space canProcessOp nPaperEvents and sets return value to true RegionEnterExitListener regionEnter regionExit HWR Listener hwrCrossingOut hwrError hwrResult hwrUserPause MenuEventListener handleMenuEvent PaperListener onNewDocument onNewPage PenTipListener penDown penUp singleTap doubleTap StrokeListener strokeCreated SystemEventListener handleSystemEvent Initialize Text in Configuration File This page of the wizard appears only if you chose Read properties from a resource file on the Penlet Project Creation Page Specify name value pairs which will be written to the config txt file The penlet reads this file when it is launched And your code can read these pairs at runtime 69 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard 4 NJ Initialize Text in Configuration File XD Add property data to the project s config txt file Create namejvalue pairs For use in the penlet CONFIG_DATA Hello world Import When you create a penlet project using Livescribe s Penlet feature the Eclipse workspace recognizes the project as being Livescribe specific However projects created outside the Penlet feature such as the Livescribe sample projects won t be recognizable This means you won t be able to run the deploy action on these projects or perform similar
40. artpen API development tools and project files for importing the Livescribe Smartpen API into Eclipse or NetBeans as a project CoreuUtilities is for Windows developers only If you are using Eclipse with Livescribe Plugins you can ignore the CoreuUtilities directory subtree e Docs Directory subtree containing documentation for the SDK e DeveloperDocs Documentation for third party developers in PDF format e Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK e Introduction to the Livescribe Platform 11 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK e Developing Penlets e Developing Paper Products e User Experience Guidelines e penprofile apidoc Javadoc for the Smartpen Java API To launch the Javadoc outside of the Eclipse IDE click on index html e License The Livescribe license agreement for third party developers in TXT and PDF formats All developers must accept this agreement before downloading the Platform SDK e Livescribe Developer License Agreement EclipsePlugins Zip archive that contains Livescribe s custom Eclipse features Each feature consists of Eclipse plugins created by Livescribe to provide specialized functionality for penlet development EclipseFulll nstall Zip archive that contains a full distribution of Eclipse with Livescribe s custom Eclipse features already installed Resource In the audio subdirectory you will find WAV files for the sounds that Livescribe uses in its own penlets To ensure consistency
41. at typically create one or more Livescribe dot enabled files used to print active paper Typically this team includes graphic production artists to create the layout and art for the paper and a Java developer who maps the paper art to static regions associated with the penlet application a process called shaping Paper Product Only Application Consists of paper definitions and the physical paper created by printing with these definitions Paper products are installed on a Pulse smartpen without penlet code This paper is designed to interact with pre existing penlet code on the Pulse smartpen For example a publishing company might want to create new notebooks for Livescribe branded with a special background image Paper Product Any open paper or note pad printed with any part of the dot pattern and that are used along with a penlet in an application In general the definitions and resources required to identify and print dot paper Paper Products are represented electronically to Penlets and Livescribe Desktop as Anoto Functionality Documents AFDs See also Custom Paper Product Paper Replay Pulse smartpen application that records audio such as a lecture at the same time that the user takes notes on Open Paper Paper Replay synchronizes the notes with the recorded audio Later the user can tap on a note and play the audio that was recorded while that note was being written The notes are considered indexes into the audio str
42. atically installs these for you e Eclipse v3 4 Ganymede or higher e The Java Development Kit v1 6 or higher also known as J DK 6 e Ghostscript Two Options for Installing Livescribe Features The Livescribe Platform SDK supports installation of our Eclipse features which are packages of plugins in two ways You may choose the one that suits your development needs 13 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Installing Eclipse and Livescribe Features Together Option 1 If you do not have Eclipse 3 4 installed on your computer already you can choose to quickly install Eclipse and Livescribe s Eclipse features The Livescribe Platform SDK includes a zip file with the full distribution of Eclipse and the Eclipse features You merely decompress the zip archive on your file system and you are ready to start developing for the Livescribe Platform Adding Livescribe Features to Existing Eclipse Option 2 On the other hand you may already be using Eclipse 3 4 for other kinds of Java development If so you can add the capability to develop Livescribe penlets and paper products to your existing Eclipse distribution The Livescribe Platform SDK includes a zip file that contains just Livescribe s Eclipse features In Eclipse terms this zip file is an update site Start your existing Eclipse and use the Update Manager to install Livescribe s Eclipse features Installation Instructions Setting up the IDE for Livescribe penlet
43. ble click LS_ FLNP_Card afd to view the AFD in the main 48 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK drawing area and in the thumbnail views of the Paper Designer D Project Expiorer m Dg Aio Pod_Card Peniet Dis Aip Pad insert_cord D rotepas test Link the Paper Product to the Penlet Associate or link the Flip Pad insert card AFD to the penlet you created earlier FlipPadi nsertPenlet Because you are using an existing Livescribe AFD notice that the AFD already has standard Livescribe penlets like Paper Replay and system penlets linked to it 1 In Project Explorer open the folder for your paper product 2 Open the src folder 3 Double click the imported AFD file called LS_ FLNP_Card afd not the custom AFD you created with the wizard 4 Select File gt Properties 5 Select the Document tab 6 Click Edit Application List to open the dialog 49 8 9 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Edit Application List Each paper region is linked to a penlet class through the application id Add new applications usable in your paper product through this page App Id Class Name com livescribe runtime SystemPenlet com livescribe settings Settings com livescribe paperreplay PaperReplay From the drop down list select the application package and class name for the custom penlet you created earlier For example com lt yourcompany g
44. ction triggered when a user interacts with an Active Region It is up to the developer to define which Area Id maps to which behavior and implement the corresponding code Multiple Active Regions on the same page or multiple pages can share the same Area Id In this case each region will map to the same behavior in the penlet For example the mute button on each page of a Livescribe notebook is represented by multiple Active Regions one per notebook page but each share the same Area Id Therefore when a user taps on the Mute button on any page the same Area Id is generated which triggers the penlet code that activates the mute function Areald starts on 1 since the Areald 0 is reserved for the system Crop region See Application Id Region Id and Instance Id Claimed Open Paper an expanse of dot paper that a penlet has claimed at run time by means of a Dynamic Region Claiming The process by which a penlet associates a user Active Region with an expanse of dots in a paper product When claimed the dots become active Claiming can happen at penlet installation for Static Regions or during penlet runtime for Dynamic Regions Class Name The base class in a penlet that subclasses com livescribe penlet Penlet The class name links an Active Region in a paper product to the penlet Custom Paper Product A paper product that contains pre printed graphics other than lines on more than 15 of its surface Region Data On Displa
45. ctive should appear with the views and toolbars you need already displayed 2 Select File gt New gt Project and open the Livescribe entry in the New project dialog Select Livescribe Penlet Project and click Next The project wizard constructs a complete file hierarchy for the penlet including directories for source files class files and resources It creates an Ant script and adds libraries required for penlet development The first page of the wizard is the Project Creation Page It is divided into two sections The first section asks for the project name the project s directory location the penlet class name and the package name Project name helloworld Project location C Documents and Settings markjduggerxp workspace 34 build67 Penlet class name Helloworld Package name examples helloworld All four fields are required The usual rules apply to Java class and package names no reserved words and no unusual punctuation The bottom half of the Penlet Project Creation Page allows you to initialize the source file in your penlet project Several different project templates are available Each one will cause the appropriate source code and resources to be included in your new project 27 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK You can create several projects selecting different options each time In this way you will quickly become familiar with the UI of the Penlet fea
46. discusses the contents of the SDK and what kind of penlets you are permitted to develop It then describes how to set up your IDE Integrated Development Environment and create some simple Hello World penlets Finally it provides reference information on the wizards views and dialogs of the Penlet perspective within the IDE About the Platform SDK Documentation Set The Livescribe Platform SDK documentation set includes the following documents in PDF format Introductory Documentation e Read Me First introduces the components of the Livescribe Platform lists system requirements and provides download instructions e Livescribe Developer License Agreement The Livescribe license agreement for third party developers in TXT and PDF formats All developers must accept this agreement before downloading the Platform SDK e Introduction to the Livescribe Platform describes the Livescribe Platform the Pulse smartpen and Livescribe dot paper and Pulse smartpen applications e README txt provides a quick overview of how to set up your development environment It is aimed at experienced developers and presents information with minimal context For full instructions see Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK instead Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK e This Document Getting Started with Livescribe Platform SDK e Eclipse Help basic coverage of the Livescribe IDE plug in with Eclipse e Release
47. e X 2 302 cm Y 2 276 cm Width 2 648 cm Height i219 0 Ct XW cm Region Properties Area Id 1 Application Id 4 com yourcompany flipPadPenlet w Edit ication List Z Order 10 Cl ocdusive Cl Store strokes Code Generation eroon AreaEnter o AreaExit l ren ot ine StrokeCreated O Full ID hex 0xa000004000100 Depth Order Examine the Livescribe Standard Controls Although you will not be changing them it is helpful to examine the pre defined regions on the Livescribe Flip Pad Insert Card AFD 1 Examine the Nav Plus control and notice how its Active Regions are drawn shaped There are five regions to shape for the center and the left right 52 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK top and bottom Also notice the properties that have been pre set for one of the regions For example the NavPlus left arrow has an Area Id of 1 and the Application Id is 1 com livescribe runtime SystemPenlet Selected class not found in the current workspace code generation PenDown vI Go to function 4reaEnter C Go to function AreaExit C Go to function PenUp Go to function StrokeCreated Go to function Full ID hex 0x 1000001000102 a E 53 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Auto generate Event Code for Your Active Region For each custom Active Region used by your
48. e Penlet now The HelloOpenPaper penlet will appear as one of the available penlets on your smartpen s main menu When launched it will display the text Draw a shape on the smartpen OLED The user draws a polygon of some kind In response the penlet will create a dynamic region with that shape and display the text Box height YY Box width ZZ on the smartpen s OLED The numbered steps below are actions you take to create the sample We will use the Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard to create the project Then we will deploy install the penlet to your Pulse smartpen 1 Select Window gt Open Perspective gt Penlet The Penlet perspective should appear with the views and toolbars you need already displayed 2 Select File gt New gt Project and open the Livescribe entry in the New project dialog Select Livescribe Penlet Project and click Next The Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard starts It constructs a complete file hierarchy for the penlet Ant scripts and libraries required for penlet development The Project Creation Page is divided into two sections The top section asks for the project name the project s directory location the penlet class name and the package name Project name HelloOpenPaper Project location C Documents and Settings markjduggerxp workspace 34 build67 Penlet class name HelloOpenPaper Package name examples helloopenpaper Al
49. eam Paper Source Any of the real world or virtual paper sources that Livescribe Desktop can recognize and work with including notebooks and journals Pattern Page Identified by a page address segment shelf book page For example 1 2 3 4 denotes pattern page 4 in book 3 which is located on shelf 2 in segment 1 Pencast A type of content sharing via the web Penlet Developers Java programmers who create the penlet application using the Livescribe Platform Java API and an IDE Penlet J ava application installed on the Pulse smartpen Penlets are created using the Livescribe Platform Java API and are based on the J ava Platform Micro Edition Java ME and CLDC Connected Limited Device Configuration When a user taps a penDown event on an active region of a penlet it will de active the current running penlet and activate the new one See Syslet 87 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Quick Commands A series of commands you can write on dotted paper to quickly learn the current status of your Pulse smartpen Quick Record A method of quickly recording with your Pulse smartpen Activate Quick Record by pressing and holding your Pulse smartpen power button for two seconds Region Collection A collection of regions on a single page of dot paper Region Id An internal 64 bit number that uniquely identifies an Active Region to a smartpen The Region Id encodes Area Id Instance Id Occlusiveness and Z order
50. eatures c cece cece cece eee eee teeta eee eee nee eae 24 Livescribe Projects in ECliPSC cc cece cece eee eee ee eee eee eee e eae ee teens 24 Livescribe Perspectives in Eclipse c cee eeeee cece eee eee teen e ee eee ene 24 Penlet PerSpeCtiVe cece cece eect nett teeta eee ae teen e eee ne ena e ea eee eee 25 Paper Design Perspective cccecceee cece eee cece eee e teeta eee teenies 25 Penlet J AR Soniai ioana ceeds iti vatinde sive sadeniartewadediaa saabe saves 26 Creating a Very Simple Penlet cceeceee cece eee eee eee eee ee eee teeta eens 27 Creating an Open Paper Penlet c ccceee cece eee e eee teeta eee ee nee eae ened 34 Examining the strokeCreated Method cccceeeee eee eee eee eeeeeeeaes 39 The canProcessOpenPaperEvents Method cccceceeeneeeeeeeneeeeeeas 40 Creating a Fixed Print Application cc cece eee e eee eee eee eee teeta ened 41 Design and Create Page IMaQES cece eee cece rreren rrsrerrrrrsrere ro 41 Create a Penlet Project cece cece eee eee eee teeta eaten een eed 42 Create a Paper Product Project ccceeceee cece eee e eect teeta teeta teeta ed 44 Set Up the Paper Product Project ccecceeceeneeeaeeeeeeeeeeeneeenenes 44 Design the Paper Product cccceee eee e eee e eee de ee eee teeta teeta nies 46 Import the Livescribe Flip Pad Insert Card AFD File
51. elect the Samples FlipPadPaperProject folder and click OK to return to the Import File system dialog Import from directory Select a directory to import from o sok1 0 configuration dropins features o p2 readme amp Samples FlipPadPaperProject Resource Folder FlipPadPaperProject 12 1n the Import File system dialog check the LS_ FLNP_Card afd check box 13 Choose a destination folder Click Browse next to the Into folder text box 14 By default the dialog will display project folders in your workspace Select the FlipPadI nsert paper project folder and select the src folder Import into Folder Select a folder to import into FlipPadInsert src W S L FlipPadinsert H E dist cA t amp FlipPadInsertPenlet 15 Click OK to return to the Import File system dialog 47 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Import File system Import resources from the local file system From directory C SDK1 0 Samples FlipPadPaperProject E amp FiipPadPaperProject O s_FLNP_Card afd Into folder FipPadinsert src Options C Overwrite existing resources without warning O Create complete folder structure Create selected folders only 16 Click Finish in the Import File system dialog to import the AFD file to your paper product project folder The imported AFD displays in the Project explorer tree Dou
52. en as the audio plays Anoto License License for Anoto pattern page s A component of an AFD Anoto Functionality Document Anoto pattern consists of small dots 100 micrometers in diameter arranged with a spacing of approximately 0 3 mm on an imaginary square grid Anoto Units An Anoto Unit AU is the native resolution of the smartpen One AU 0 3 8 mm or roughly 677 DPI This unit is the maximum precision of the Pulse smartpen and also the maximum precision that for example a paper product s page size or an active region can be set to APM Audio Punctuation Mark The sounds the Pulse smartpen makes that give the user audio feedback Application Id A locally unique identifier within an AFD that specifies what penlet class name to link the Active Region to The Application Id is a part of the Region Id For Static Active Regions it occupies the same location in the Region Id as the Instance Id The application Id is only relevant when creating paper products and will be translated in the smartpen to the Instance Id of the application See Area Id Region Id and Instance Id Application Mapping A key value pair table that resides in the AFD The table has one entry for each application used on each paper product and each key value pair contains the Application Id and the class name At run time when a Static Active Region is tapped by the user the system takes the Application Id from the Active Region and fetches the class f
53. his dialog allows you to rename an event handler for an area associated with FP Fixed Print paper Add Handlers for Paper x Area Name AreaOne Q New Area Name LaunchTap 80 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Glossary This section lists terms and definitions important to developing applications for Pulse smartpens 3D Recording Headset Earphones with embedded microphones that capture multi directional far field audio and place objects in the sound landscape surrounding you Active Area See Active Region Active Ink Digitized writing drawing that can be viewed in Livescribe Desktop in normal mode or in animation mode Clicking on a note starts playing the audio at the associated point in the audio stream Related concepts Animation Active Region A portion of paper defined such that when a user taps on it the associated penlet responds You can think of an Active Region like a paper button or control Active Regions may overlap in which case their Z order defines the ordering of events delivered and their occlusive property defines whether active regions with lower Z orders are processed at all Active Regions can be dynamic created at runtime like the Livescribe Piano or static pre defined in a paper product s AFD and established at penlet installation time like standard Paper Replay controls See Dynamic Regions and Static Regions Active Verb Small application
54. ify locally in a smartpen which application is running and which instance of that application is running The Instance Ids are assigned by the system either on installation of an application or when that application is started The Instance Id for a specific application varies between different smartpens depending on user actions and what order the applications are installed There may be multiple Instance Ids for the same application For example each Piano drawn on paper is a new instance See Application Id and Region Id JAR Archive file of Java classes for a Pulse smartpen penlet A component of an AFD Anoto Functionality Document Linking The process by which a paper product s AFD is associated to one or more Linking is done by the developer in the Paper Designer by adding applications to the paper product s application list Livescribe Desktop The computer component of the Livescribe Platform Livescribe Desktop that allows you to transfer store search and replay notes from your computer You can also upload your content to the Web and manage applications and content on your Pulse smartpen Livescribe Online The web community of Livescribe Pulse smartpen users who post and share Pulse smartpen content MI Diet A Java application conforming to the Mobile Information Device profile myLivescribe profile 250MB of personal space a Livescribe Pulse smartpen user is allotted at Livescribe Online to store and share notes
55. ign Perspective is optimized for working with paper projects You will be asked to switch to this perspective when creating a new paper projects 25 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK The views used by the Paper Design perspective are e Thumbnails a list of page images providing a quick way to navigate the pages of the document e Package Explorer a tree control that displays the projects in the workspace The name of each project appears on the top most level Click the plus next to a project name and drill down to see the various files that make up the project Both penlet and paper projects will appear in this view e Outline a list of all the graphical elements and active regions defined on the page e Properties properties of the currently selected item The Paper Design feature is a very powerful tool For detailed information on using it to create paper products please see the manual titled Developing Paper Products in the Livescribe Platform SDK Penlet J ARs Penlets are deployed to the pen in the form of J ava archive JAR files Each archive contains a Java class that extends the Penlet class and accompanying classes and resources The contents of a penlet J AR is similar to regular Java archives but there are a few significant differences e Penlet classes are based on the Java Platform Micro Edition J 2ME specifically the Connection Limited Device Configuration CLDC This means penlet cla
56. ins platformSDK10updatesite zip Select the zip file and click Open In the Add Site dialog click OK On the Available Software tab a new Livescribe update site should automatically appear in the list of updates sites The top level node will display the location of the zip file on your file system Select the check box for the new Livescribe Platform SDK feature Then click Install to start the installation wizard The Install page of the wizard should say that since the feature is already installed an update will be performed instead Click Finish Click Yes to restart Eclipse When Eclipse launches you may have to select your workspace Then click OK 22 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK 11 Livescribe s Penlet perspective should be showing If not select Window gt Open Perspective gt Penlet Then click OK 23 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Introducing the Eclipse Features Livescribe s plugins for Eclipse are packaged as two Eclipse features e the Penlet feature e the Paper Design feature Each feature is designed for a particular kind of project The Penlet feature allows you to create a penlet project The Paper Design feature also called the Paper Designer allows you to create a paper project Livescribe Projects in Eclipse In Eclipse a workspace manages one or more projects A project is typically a directory structure containing many files that make up a
57. ion Application identifier Application version number 1 0 0 HelloWorld Add the application to the Pulse smartpen menu Menu Configuration Menu name For application Hello World Sound to play when menu item appears The Additional Configuration page appears On this page you can modify Field Label Explanation Default Value Application identifier Name of the built penlet The built penlet has the same name as the project Application version number The version number of the penlet Penlet version is 1 0 0 Add the application to the Pulse smartpen menu Whether the penlet appears on the smartpen s main menu Penlet will appear as an item on the smartpen s main menu Menu name for application Name that appears in the smartpen s main menu for the penlet Penlet s name on the main menu is the same as the project name 64 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Sound to play when Audio file if any that plays when No audio file menu item appears the penlet s menu item rolls into view in the smartpen s main menu Note The audio we are concerned with here is played only when the user is scrolling through the smartpen s main menu When the penlet s name rolls into view in the OLED the sound plays Not all penlets have this menu sound Add Paper Area Handler This dialog allows you to add one or more even
58. isplay on the smartpen s main menu The wizard writes this information to menu txt and places the file in the project s res directory 9 On the Additional Configuration page of the wizard Click Finish and wait for the wizard to complete your project This can take a few seconds The Livescribe Penlet Project Creation wizard creates a HelloWorld penlet project with resources and source code that matches the selections you made The Penlet perspective should be active with all the views and actions necessary to code and deploy a penlet The wizard has made the following changes First the text editor now displays the source code in the HelloWorld java source file Second a new project appears in the Eclipse Package Explorer called Helloworla If you open its folders you ll see a structure similar to the following 31 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK 2 Package Explorer 3 A S j tS helloworld B E src 8 examples helloworld E 3 Helloworld java H S Penlet Libraries res B E audio 2 helloworld way amp images B menu txt build properties build xml v 3 If you examine the code in Helloworld java you ll see that the following code has been inserted into activateApp if reason Penlet ACTIVATED_BY MENU this label draw Hello world true this display setCurrent this label this player play audio helloworld wav This first line checks whether
59. ith the Livescribe Platform SDK If you examine the code in HelloOpenPaper java you ll see that the automatic code generator in the wizard has inserted the following code into activateApp public void activateApp int reason Object args this display setCurrent this label this label draw Draw a shape this context addStrokeListener this This first line sets the current display on the OLED to the 1abe1 object that was created in the initApp method The second line displays the text Draw a shape to the OLED Check the signature of the HelloOpenPaper Class and you will see that this class implements the StrokeListener interface The third line in the code snippet above attaches the HelloOpenPaper Class to the penlet context That is enough code for the moment After we build and deploy this sample penlet we Shall return to the source code examining the code that recognizes dynamic regions drawn by the penlet user For now let s continue 6 In the Penlet Project Creation page of the wizard click Next The Event Configuration page appears On this page you can request that one or more event listeners be added to your project For each event listener you select the wizard creates stubs of the event handlers that make up the listener interface You must provide the actual code of these event handlers In this walkthrough we will not make any selections on this page The selections we made on the first page will add
60. ject Explorer Package Explorer and Navigator A long 61 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK context menu appears Near the end are the menu items pertaining to development for the Livescribe Platform Y7 Deploy Penlet ex Add Remove Event Handlers EP Add Paper Area Handler E Remove Paper Area Handler amp Rename Paper 4rea Handler Sh Add Images or Sounds H Add System Sounds Gj Create Distribution Run As gt Debug s gt validate Team gt Compare With gt Restore from Local History The items in the context menu are Menu I tem Description Deploy Penlet Uploads the penlet J AR to the smartpen Remove Penlet Uninstalls the penlet from the smartpen Add Remove Event Handlers See Add Remove Event Handlers Add Paper Area Handler See Add Paper Area Handler Remove Paper Area Handler See Remove Paper Area Handler Rename Paper Area Handler See Rename Paper Area Handler Add Images or Sounds See Add Images Sounds or Resources Add System Sounds See Add System Sounds to the Selected Project Create Distribution Creates a deployable J AR file for the project 62 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Alphabetical Reference This section is an alphabetical reference of dialogs and wizards Look up an item by the name of the page in a wizard or the name of the dialog Add Images Sounds or Resources This command allows you t
61. ject folder and select the res audio folder 56 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Click OK to return to the Import File system dialog Import into Folder Select a folder to import into FlipPadInsertPenlet res audio FlipPadinsert t amp FlipPadInsertPenlet gt bin B B res S images H E sre 11 Click Finish in the Import File system dialog to import the wav file to your paper penlet project folder Set Up the Media Player To play a sound on a smartpen your penlet needs to instantiate the MediaPlayer To do this add the highlighted lines of code to your penlet The first line imports the MediaPlayer libraries The second line declares player as MediaPlayer for this penlet The third line instantiates the MediaPlayer when the penlet is initialized package com yourcompany flipPadPenlet import com livescribe penlet Penlet import com livescribe penlet Region import com livescribe afp PageInstance import com livescribe event PenTipListener public class FlipPadInsertPenlet extends Penlet implements PenTipListener public FlipPadInsertPenlet Invoked when the application is initialized This happens once for an application instance EN public void initApp this logger info Penlet FlipPadInsertPenlet initialized 57 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Edit the PenDown Method Next edit the onTapAndPlaySoundPenDown Stub code
62. l The name will be HelloOpenPaper 17 On your Pulse smartpen try actually running the HelloOpenPaper penlet a b Remove the Pulse pen from its cradle Tap down on the directional arrow of any Nav Plus and scroll through the smartpen s main menu until you reach the My Apps item Tap right Tap down to scroll through the submenu if necessary Tap right to activate your HelloOpenPaper penlet This activation displays text that says Draw a Shape The penlet is waiting for you to draw a single stroke shape on Open Paper 18 Find some Open Paper such as the blank middle portion of a Livescribe notebook 19 Draw a rectangle on the paper all in one stroke In other words don t lift your smartpen for each side 20 Quickly look at the OLED It should display the height and width of the rectangle you just drew 21 Draw another single stroke polygon on the paper and look at the display on the OLED You have successfully created the HelloOpenPaper sample penlet 38 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Examining the strokeCreated Method As promised earlier we will now take a closer look at some of the code for the HelloOpenPaper penlet 1 In Eclipse find the text editor displaying the source code for HelloOpenPaper class 2 Scroll down if necessary until you see the strokeCreated method The strokeCreated method is an event handler specified by the strokeListener interface Si
63. l four fields are required The usual rules apply to Java class and package names no reserved words and no unusual punctuation 34 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK The bottom half of the Project Creation Page allows you to initialize the source file in your penlet project We want a penlet that can recognize dynamic regions drawn by the user on Open Paper Initial Content C Display Hello World as text Recognize written characters C Display a Hello World image Recognize dynamic regions _ Play a Hello World sound _ Read properties From a resource file C Log Penlet lifecycle events in the debug RAM 3 In the Penlet Project Creation Page enter HelloOpenPaper as the name of both the project and the penlet class Enter examples helloopenpaper aS the name of the package 4 Choose one option in the Initial Content group e Recognize dynamic regions 5 Click Finished at the bottom of the page The Eclipse window changes in two ways First the text editor displays the source code in the HelloOpenPaper java source file Second a new project appears in the Eclipse Package Explorer called He1loopenPaper If you open its folders you ll see a structure similar to the following tS HelloOpenPaper SE src S S examples helloopenpaper E 3 HelloOpenPaper java BA Penlet Libraries res amp audio E images B menu txt build properties g build xml 35 Getting Started w
64. led Find the plugins directory and remove the following e com livescribe sdk lib_0 9 1 a directory e com livescribe sdk help_0 9 1 a directory e com livescribe sdk_0 9 1 Jar a file 4 Restart Eclipse At this point your old penlet projects are broken and don t look like penlet projects in the Eclipse IDE 20 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK If you skipped step 2 and 3 above your penlet projects look fine in the Eclipse IDE but they are actually broken in subtle ways Install the Platform SDK 1 0 1 update Instructions are essentially the same as for installing For instructions see Installing Features Plugins in SDK 1 0 1 Now the penlet projects look like penlet projects again However they display in the Eclipse IDE as broken projects because their library references are pointing to the 0 9 1 feature Do the following for each old penlet project a Open the build xml file and change the first property line from lt property name common builddir value lt your directory here gt eclipse plugins com livescribe sdk 1lib_0 9 1 gt to lt property file build properties gt Right click the project s top node in Project Explorer Select Create Distribution The build xml file should now be free from errors To verify visually close the build xmi file refresh the project and reopen the build xml file Now you should fix the build path Right click the
65. loping a simple Fixed Print FP application An FP application consists of a paper product and one or more associated linked penlets For this example you will be creating a simple Tap and Play application You will create an Active Region that a smartpen will respond to when the user taps on it In this case the response will be to play a Hello World audio file Penlet Paper Product H Print the paper product s AFD Deploy the penlet Deploy the paper TTA bg product s AFD file the e to the smartpen Eeo Livescribe Dot Paper For introductory information about Livescribe paper products and penlets refer to Introduction to the Livescribe Platform Design and Create Page Images Generally the first step in creating a Fixed Print application is to design the images for the paper product including the background and other page art For this example however you will use predefined artwork from Livescribe that is used for the Flip Pad insert card 41 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Create a Penlet Project 1 Launch Eclipse 2 Choose File gt New gt Livescribe Penlet Project This starts the Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard and opens up a Penlet Perspective view in the IDE 3 Follow the wizard dialogs to create the basic penlet you want to interact with your paper product Name the penlet FlipPadi nsertPenlet with a package name of com lt yourcompany gt flipPadPenlet 4 To
66. n application A Livescribe paper project is used to store files associated with the design and creation of Livescribe dot paper A Livescribe penlet project is used to store code and resources that are compiled into a penlet The paper you create typically has a dedicated J ava penlet associated with it that interacts with pre defined active regions on the paper Each paper project contains one principle file called an AFD as well as some auxiliary files The AFD is a proprietary document format similar to a zip archive which contains files and information about a given paper product Livescribe Perspectives in Eclipse Eclipse uses perspectives to help organize projects A perspective is a collection of views windows and associated actions toolbar buttons and menu options that are required for a particular kind of project The Livescribe Eclipse features provide two perspectives a Penlet and a Paper Design perspective Each one contains all views and actions you need to use the feature You display a perspective by selecting Window gt Open Perspective and then selecting Paper Design or Penlet from the popup menu 24 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK NOTE The text editor which contains the source code of a penlet is the same in either perspective When you change perspectives the text editor will continue to display the same source files Penlet Perspective The Penlet feature contains these capabilities
67. nce Guidelines for information about how to design the best penlet for your application goals Import the Hello World Audio File For this example you will design your application to play a Hello World audio file when a specific Active Area is tapped by the user To enable this first import the audio file as a resource Choose Window gt Open Perspective gt Penlet Open the FlipPadI nsertPenlet java file to view it in the editor Select the FlipPadI nsertPenlet in the Package Explorer tree Choose File gt Import at ge ae N a In the Import dialog choose General Filesystem and click Next 55 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK 6 In the Import File system dialog click Browse next to the From directory text box 7 Navigate to the Livescribe SDK installation package and select the Samples FlipPadPaperProject Resource folder and click OK to return to the Import File system dialog Import from directory Select a directory to import from spk1 0 O configuration dropins features p2 O plugins readme 2 Samples 2 FlipPadPaperProject oma Folder Resource Make New Folder 8 In the Import File system dialog check the HelloWorld wav check box 9 Choose a destination folder Click Browse next to the I nto folder text box 10 By default the dialog will display project folders in your workspace Select the FlipPadi nsertPenlet penlet pro
68. nce the HelloOpenPaper java Class implements that interface the Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard inserted code in the strokecreated method for you public void strokeCreated long time Region regionId PageInstance page StrokeStorage ss new StrokeStorage page Stroke stroke ss getStroke time Create a polygon with the number of points in the stroke int numPoints stroke getNumberofVertices polygon new Polygon numPoints Add points to the Polygon for int i 0 i lt numPoints i polygon setXY i stroke getX i stroke getY i Create a Region and add it to the document on the pen Region polygonRegion new Region regionId getArealId RegionCollection regions this context getCurrentRegionCollection regions addRegion polygon polygonRegion Display the bounding box of the Polygon Rectangle box polygon getBoundingBox String boxString Box height box getHeight Box width box getWidth this label draw boxString true public boolean canProcessOpenPaperEvents return true The code required for this sample penlet can be summarized as follows 1 Obtain a stroke object representing the stroke drawn by the user a Create a strokeStorage object 39 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK b Call getStroke method on that object to return a stroke object for the stroke that the user created
69. ntime JRE alone will not suffice 5 Verify that the JAVA HOME system environment variable is set to the path of the JDK For example C Program Files Java jdk1 6 0_06 Installing Ghostscript Ghostscript is an open source project that includes a RIP Raster Image Processing engine that can be used as a Postscript and PDF viewer You will need Ghostscript or a similar program in order to render images onscreen in the Paper Design perspective Ghostcript is available as a free download Go to http www ghostscript com for a list of download sites If you do not have Ghostscript installed you will see the following error message when you try to use the canvas No Postscript Rasterizer installed 3 No postscript rasterizer has been configured To be able to render postscript files on screen you need a postscript rasterizer installed and the preferences properly configured Recommended version 3 61 Open PostScript Rendering Preference Page Where you may set your rasterizer installation location 16 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK To configure the Paper Designer to work with Ghostscript 1 Install Ghostscript by copying the distribution files to a convenient location on your file system 2 In Eclipse go to Window gt Preferences gt Livescribe gt Postscript Rendering Preferences type Filter text Postscript Rendering y General These settings will NOT affect printing they
70. o add one of the following to your penlet project e image for display on the smartpen OLED e sound to be played on your penlet project To access this command 1 Right click the top node of the project in Package Explorer Select Add Images or Sounds from the context menu The Add Images Sounds or Resources dialog appears 2 Select Image Files or Audio Files from the Files of type drop down box 3 Navigate to the file s highlight and click Open Images will be added to the res images directory and sounds will be added to the res audio directory of the penlet project Add Images Sounds or Resources O Resources S ourceFiles helloworld arw My Recent Documents My Documents My Network Files of type Image Files gif jpg jpeg pnag bmp aig 63 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Additional Configuration Page This is the third page of the Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard It allows you to add your penlet to the smartpen s main menu control penlet ID and version number and configure the penlet s behavior in the smartpen s main menu When deployed your penlet becomes part of the MyApps submenu of the smartpen s main menu Note This is not the same as creating a single or multi dimensional menu for your penlet Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard Additional Configuration Provide information about the penlet applicat
71. on your file system and the package name In the bottom half you can specify what kind of functionality you would like the automatic code generator to insert in your penlet The corresponding listeners and stubs for the associated event handlers will be generated for you by the wizard This generated code provides simple actions You can learn some basics of penlet programming by studying the code Later you might want to start with the default code of these event handlers and modify them to fit the needs of your new penlet 75 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK The following table summarizes the options of the Initial Content section bottom half of the Penlet Project Creation Page Option Inserts code for Display Hello World as text Displaying Hello World on the OLED of the smartpen Text displays when penlet is launched Display a Hello World image Displaying an image in ARW format on the OLED of the smartpen Image displays when penlet is launched Play a Hello World sound Playing a sound on the smartpen when the penlet is launched Log Penlet lifecycle events in the debug RAM Outputting debug statements that identify the execution of life cycle events in the penlet Output is to the Smartpen debug RAM The debug RAM may be viewed via the Debug View in Eclipse Deploy penlet 2 Use a Nav Plus to navigate through the smartpen s main menu 3 Launch the penlet
72. or long time Region region PageInstance page boolean eventHandled true switch region getAreaId case i eventHandled onTapAndPlaySoundPenDown time region page break default eventHandled false return eventHandled END OF GENERATED CODE protected boolean onTapAndPlaySoundPenDown long time Region region PageInstance pi return true J m a f 2 54 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Here is a code listing showing some of the auto generated code public void penDown long time Region region PageInstance page penDownEventDelegator time region page public void singleTap long time int x int y public void doubleTap long time int x int y GENERATED METHOD DO NOT MODIFY protected boolean penDownEventDelegator long time Region region PageInstance page boolean eventHandled true switch region getArealId case 1 eventHandled onTapAndPlaySoundPenDown time region page break default eventHandled false return eventHandled END OF GENERATED CODE protected boolean onTapAndPlaySoundPenDown long time Region region PageInstance page return true Complete the Penlet Programming This completes your paper product design Next return to the Penlet perspective to complete your penlet code Refer to the Livescribe SDK J avadoc Developing Penlets and User Experie
73. pen is connected its penlet classes and penlet documents AFDs will be listed in the Installed Penlets and Installed Documents tables You can also use these tables to uninstall your penlets and documents AFDs from the smartpen e To uninstall one of your penlets right click its name in the Installed Penlets table and select Remove penlet MyPenletName For instance if you right click on the HelloWorld penlet the context menu item says Remove penlet HelloWorld Note You cannot uninstall the system penlets or the penlets that come bundled with the Pulse smartpen e To uninstall any document right click its name in the Installed Documents table and select Remove Document Name For instance if you right click on the Tutorial document the context menu item says Uninstall Tutorial Note Be careful when removing documents If you uninstall one of the Livescribe notebooks or notepads such as Lined Journal 3 your smartpen will no longer recognize that Livescribe paper product Remove Paper Area Handler This dialog allows you to remove one or more event handlers for an area associated with FP Fixed Print paper The code generator removes code from your source that it originally inserted to support the event handler s Remove Handlers for Paper Eve 4rea ID PenDown StrokeCreated Event Type Area Name 2 79 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Rename Paper Area Handler T
74. penlet have the Paper Designer auto generate event code This process saves time when programming your penlet To trigger auto generation of event code for an Active Region 1 Select your custom Active Region the TapAndPlaySound region 2 In the Property Inspector if not already selected choose your penlet in the Application Id drop down menu com lt yourcompany gt flipPadPenlet flipPadI nsertPenlet 3 Check the PenDown event Checking this event automatically generates stub code in your penlet for this Active Region 4 Click Go to Function next to PenDown to open the penlet for further editing In the java editor notice that the Paper Designer automatically generated a stub penlet method called onTapAndPlaySoundPenDown to respond to a PenDown and other pen tip listener events on this Active Region You can then use the Penlet editor to define what the behavior should be penDown long time Region region PageInstance page T penDownEventDelegator time region page e 5 2e public void singleTap long time int x int y io public void doubleTap long time int x int y GENERATED METHOD DO NOT MODIFY Responsible for delegating generic PEN DOWN events to area specific pen down met they occurred is generated and managed by the p individual area ev handlers e g on lt AreaName gt PenDown or the gen ndled false otherwise protected boolean penDownEventDelegat
75. re not bound to any Paper Product s AFD file allowing the application to use any unclaimed dot space Once OP applications are launched by the Main Menu or through some other gesture the application may create dynamic regions for input UI controls Open Paper OP Sections of a Livescribe dot page that are not currently claimed by a Pulse smartpen application but are available to be claimed at runtime When a user runs an application and writes on the dots the currently active application can claim them In general a surface or a portion of surface that is printed with parts of the dot pattern and on which no pre printed materials other than ruled lines grids or page numbers appear Open Paper has an Area Id of 0 When the system detects actions on Open Paper such as penDown a Region Id with an Area Id of 0 is passed to the appropriate event handlers Page Viewer Livescribe Desktop mode that allows users to view individual pages or sets of thumbnails of pages from their Paper Sources Page Single piece of either dot paper loose leaf or bound or the digitized version of one that Livescribe Desktop can recognize and interact with Paper Button So called because it resembles an onscreen button in a standard computer application A Pulse smartpen user can tap on a paper button to trigger particular functionality of the penlet 86 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Paper Product Developers A team of developers th
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77. rom the current document s Application Mapping table With the class name the system looks up the Instance Id for the current smartpen It then modifies the event Region Id and exchanges the Application Id with the Instance Id Therefore Static Regions drawn using the Paper Designer use an Application Id that will be translated at run time to the Instance Id In contrast Dynamic Regions drawn at runtime and generated by penlet code use the Instance Id of the application that created it For example assume a smartpen has two applications Paper Replay and Timer with the following Instance Ids at run time 82 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Class com livescribe paperreplay Instance Id 10 Class com livescribe timer Instance Id 11 The Application Mapping Table for the smartpen is Application Id 1 Class com livescribe timer Application Id 2 Class com livescribe paperreplay Here a Static Region like the Record button for Paper Replay would have Area Id 2 and Application Id 2 At run time when the Static Region is tapped by the user the event that is thrown will have Area Id 2 and Instance Id 10 since Paper Replay has Instance Id 10 in this particular smartpen Area A collection of regions possibly in multiple AFDs with the same Area Id and that thus provide the same functionality Area Id A 16 bit number that is a subset of the Region Id It represents a smartpen behavior or a
78. s that can be activated on the Pulse smartpen by writing a single word The user must first enter the Active Verb mode by performing a defined action At present that action consists of the user double tapping the center of a Nav Plus AFD The persistent electronic representation of a paper product It is used for communication between the Livescribe system components that is the Pulse smartpen Livescribe Desktop Livescribe Online and Livescribe Developer Tools A ZIP like archive that can hold arbitrary content it is accessed via the Anoto Functionality Platform Document API Each step in the application and UGC lifecycle adds or removes items in an AFD The components of an AFD include Anoto License GFX File Regions File Info File Java JAR Resources and Tools Data AFP Anoto Functionality Platform Software modules created by Anoto and licensed by Livescribe Contains the functionality for creating AFDs printing paper products and licensing Anoto dots All AFP services are abstracted by Livescribe s Java Abstraction Layer 81 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Animation A mode for displaying Paper Replay notes in Livescribe Desktop Normal mode reveals all the notes when the page is first displayed Animation mode initially hides or grays out the notes As the audio plays notes are revealed onscreen in sequence with the audio stream To the user the notes look like they are writing themselves on the scre
79. sociated point in the audio starts to play See Open Paper Active Region Static Region Claiming Linking and Fixed Print Fixed Print FP Refers to a region of dot space on a Livescribe page that is pre claimed by a Pulse smartpen application during application development No other application can claim these Regions dynamically at runtime Usually printed graphics on the page identify these Regions to the Pulse smartpen user as paper controls for operating the application Fixed Print regions can also pre claim Active Regions for interpreting strokes Open Paper Active Region Static Region Claiming Linking and Fixed Print Fixed Print Application An application that owns one or more Fixed Print static regions The region is defined during the development of the application Tapping on one of the static regions activates the application An FP application can also be activated from the Main Menu system All FP applications must be bound to a Paper Product via its AFD file Flashing a Pulse smartpen See DFU 84 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK FP See Fixed Print GFX File Anoto dots for page s and reference to background image in Resources A component of an AFD Anoto Functionality Document ICR Intelligent character recognition handwriting recognition Info File Creator version info and so on A component of an AFD Anoto Functionality Document Instance Id A 16 bit number to spec
80. sses can t access all of the libraries supplied with standard J ava e Like all J2ME CLDC classes classes in a penlet JAR must be preverified The off pen preverification step checks the classes for safety and security and thereby reduces the processing performed by the smartpen s KVM Kernel based Virtual Machine e Penlet JARs contain resources such as audio or image files that can be played or displayed on the pen These resources will be discussed in a later section e The JAR that Eclipse builds for a project can be found in the project s dist lib folder in the Project Explorer 26 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Creating a Very Simple Penlet This section walks through the creation of a very simple penlet called HelloWorld This penlet will appear as one of the available penlets on your smartpen s main menu When launched it will display the text Hello World and play an audio file that says Hello World To launch the penlet you need a Nav Plus No other paper is required The numbered steps below are actions you take to create the sample We will use the Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard to create the project Then we will deploy install the penlet to your Pulse smartpen In between steps we will stop to explore the dialogs and wizards of Livescribe s Penlet feature and examine some of the source code generated by the wizard 1 Select Window gt Open Perspective gt Penlet The Penlet perspe
81. t flipPadPenlet flipPadI nsertPenlet Click Add Click OK to close the Edit Application List 10 Click OK to close the Documents window Create Active Regions Shaping Use the Paper Designer graphical tools to draw active regions controls tap and play areas and so on that your penlet will respond to This process is also known as shaping To create an active region on your page Select a shape Such as an ellipse from the Active Regions folder in the palette Click in the editor canvas to place the element on your page For this example draw the ellipse over top of the Livescribe Dot Paper logo as shown 50 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK 1 3 Resize and move the element by clicking and dragging them in the canvas or edit the properties in the inspector 4 With the new region selected use the property inspector to specify the region s name Area Id and the penlet that will respond to this region The Area Id is what links specific regions on the page to the penlet You can set it to any integer value as long as it is unique for the penlet it is linked to For this example name the region TapAndPlaySound and give it an Area Id of 1 51 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK 5 Inthe Application Id drop down list select your custom penlet It should be 4 com yourcompany flipPadPenlet E Properties 53 2 Name TapAndPlaySound Position and Siz
82. t handlers for an area associated with FP Fixed Print paper The code generator inserts appropriate code in your source to support an area Each Area ID and Area Name must be unique within the penlet The Area ID is a positive integer value The Area Name is a string conforming to Java naming conventions e g no spaces allowed 4rea ID PenDown 4reaEnter Event Type AreaExit PenUp StrokeCreated Area Name Q Add Remove Event Handlers This dialog allows you to add and remove event handlers to from the source code of your penlet project The checkbox options are identical to the Event Configuration page of the Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard See Event Configuration Page 65 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Add or Remove Penlet Event Handlers Select the events to which you would like your penlet to respond Adding a check will add the handler code to your penlet to handle that event Removing a check will remove the handler code from your penlet for that event Can receive events From unclaimed paper space C RegionEnterExitListener Responds when the smartpen enters or leaves a region HWRListener Responds to handwriting recognition events C MenuEventListener Responds to the user s menu selections _ PaperListener Responds when the smartpen touches a new page or document _ PenTipListener Responds when the user lifts or puts down the smartpen StrokeListener
83. t way to set up your Eclipse IDE for penlet and paper product development One zip file contains a full distribution of Eclipse 3 4 including the pre installed Livescribe Eclipse features 1 In the Livescribe Platform SDK go to EclipseFullInstall platformSDK10win32 zip 2 Unzip the file For instance you might unzip it to C eclipse3 4 Eclipse does not use a dedicated installer program Simply copy the Eclipse distribution to the desired location on your file system Note Do NOT include a space in the path of your Eclipse installation A path with spaces in it will prevent you from deploying your penlets to the smartpen from Eclipse 3 Find the eclipse exe file on your file system and launch Eclipse Note The installation process does not create an icon in the Windows Start menu You must open Windows Explorer and navigate to the directory where you copied eclipse exe Option 2 Adding Livescribe Features to Existing Eclipse You second option is to add Livescribe s Eclipse features to your existing Eclipse distribution This option assumes that you have Eclipse 3 4 Ganymede already installed If you find your Eclipse has become corrupted or is not the right version you can download the latest Eclipse distribution for free from http www eclipse org In Eclipse you install features and update them using the Update Manager 1 Launch Eclipse Navigate to your EcLIPsE_Home directory and launch the
84. ters and numbers Alphabet characters and numerals only Alphabetic characters only Alphabet characters only both upper and lower case Numbers only Numerals 1 2 3 etc only no decimal points commas nor positive negative signs allowed Custom subset Add each character Only the characters you enter in the field Lower case Alphabet characters lower case only No subset Use entire alphabet Uses all alphabet characters numerals punctuation Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard Launch the Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard by selecting File gt New gt Livescribe Penlet Project The wizard consists of three pages e Penlet Project Creation Page e Event Configuration Page e Additional Configuration Page 72 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Livescribe Resource Converter The Pulse smartpen can play audio files and display images but only if the resource files are suitably formatted Image files must be converted into the Livescribe specific ARW format and audio files must be either WAV wav files WavPack wv files or AAC LC aac files The Livescribe IDE provides a utility for converting resources and you can access the Resource Converter dialog by choosing the Livescribe gt Resource Converter menu item or by clicking the o icon in the toolbar gt Livescribe Resource Converter Images Sounds Select an image
85. that was auto generated by the Paper Designer for your Active Region Add the highlighted code to instruct the MediaPlayer to play the Hello World audio file when the smartpen detects a penDown event on the TapAndPlaySound Active Region protected boolean onTapAndPlaySoundPenDown long time Region region PageInstance page return true Print and Test the Paper Product and Penlet 1 Deploy the penlet to your smartpen by right clicking the Penlet project and selecting Deploy to Smartpen 2 Print your paper product using the AFD Right click the LS_FLNP_Card afd file in the src folder and choose Print 3 Click OK at the Lock document prompt Lock document 9 To be able to print production documents you must also lock the document s for further changes Press OK if you are sure no more changes will be made to this document Cancel otherwise Lox J ce 4 In the Select printer dialog select the printer you want to use and click OK When printing you should use a recommended printer However other printers can also work See the Recommended Printers section in 58 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Developing Paper Products for more information Select printer elk Adobe PDF Send To OneNote 2007 PDF XChange 3 0 Microsoft XPS Document Writer HP Photosmart 320 Series Fax eFax 4 4 Canon iP4300 Brother FAX4100 1710N C450FieryPCL c450FieryPS OKIC6 100PCL OKIC9600 PC
86. the penlet has been activated through menu selection If so the second and third line tell the smartpen to display Hello World on the OLED The fourth line tells the smartpen to play the helloworld wav audio file In the Project Explorer drill down in the HelloWorld project by clicking the plus icon next to a folder The audio file should appear in the HelloWorld res audio directory Now that you ve created your HelloWorld penlet project it s time to package it and install it on the pen 10 Dock your smartpen in its cradle and plug the USB connector in to your computer 11 Click the Smartpen Info tab if necessary to display the Smartpen Info view Click on the Read Smartpen button A progress dialog should appear that says Collecting smartpen information 32 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Identifying information about your smartpen should appear in the table below Connected Smartpens The Mode value should be Normal You will probably also see data in the Installed Penlets and Installed Documents tables 12 If your have more than one smartpen connected make sure the checkbox of the correct smartpen is selected in the Connected Smartpens table 13 In the Project Explorer right click on the project name which is the top most node in each project In our case it is the text HelloWorld with the penlet project icon in front of it i EEE 14 Select Deploy Penlet from the popup menu IMPORTANT
87. ture and the source code required for common smartpen functionality Initial Content Display Hello World as text C Recognize written characters C Display a Hello World image C Create a penlet with a dynamic region Play a Hello World sound C Read properties from a resource file C Log Penlet lifecycle events in the debug RAM 3 In the Penlet Project Creation Page enter HelloWorld as the name of both the project and the penlet class Enter examples helloworld as the name of the package 4 Choose two options in the Initial Content group e Display Hello World as text e Play a Hello World sound 5 Click Next at the bottom of the page 6 In the Penlet Project Creation page of the wizard click Next The Event Configuration page appears On this page you can request that one or more event listeners be added to your project An event listener is a Java interface that your penlet s primary class must implement For each event listener you select the code generator in the wizard creates stubs of the event handlers that make up the interface You are responsible for providing the actual code of the event handlers 28 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Livescribe Penlet Project Creation Wizard Event Configuration Choose which events to which the penlet will respond C Can receive events from unclaimed paper space _ RegionEnterExitListener Responds when the smartpen enters or leaves a region
88. ve not done so already make sure to register as a Livescribe Developer by clicking the Register button in the lower left hand panel Once you have registered click the Login button in the upper right and enter your e mail address and password 4 The first time you log on as a developer you ll see a Download link Click the link and read the Livescribe Developer License Agreement Click the button entitled I Agree at the bottom the page and then click the SDK link on the page that follows Note During subsequent logons with your developer account you will be taken directly to the developer welcome page In the right hand column click on Downloads Then click on the SDK link 5 Save the download to your computer It is a zip archive 6 Unzip the archive to a directory on your computer file system The top level directory of the unzipped archive reflects the current version number of the Livescribe Platform SDK 7 Note the location of the Livescribe Platform SDK You will need it when you install the Livescribe plugins 15 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK Installing the J DK 1 Install JDK 6 or above The latest version is called the Java SE Development Kit 2 Go to http www java sun com 3 Click the Java SE link and then the Downloads tab 4 Download Java SE Development Kit J DK 6 Update X where X is the latest update number Note You must install the Java Development Kit JDK The Java Ru
89. y The state of an application indicating it has some data to display to the user when the Pulse smartpen goes into Notes Mode This state allows the 83 Getting Started with the Livescribe Platform SDK system to delay showing the Default Screen For example a calculator application might have some result such as data on the display The Data On Display state allows the system to write out the result without activating Notes Mode Default Screen This is the screen that is shown on the display when no application owns the display DFU Device Firmware Upgrade The process of upgrading the Pulse smartpen firmware This process is also known as flashing the Pulse smartpen Dot Paper Physical paper with predefined Livescribe dot pattern printed on it Dots Navigation points printed on dot paper that allow the Pulse smartpen to know its own location on the paper Developed by Anoto Inc DRM Digital Rights Management Dynamic Region An Active Region created during run time on Open Paper in response to user interaction with the Pulse smartpen The penlet creates dynamic regions that encompass the written input and can be tapped on like a paper button to trigger behavior in the penlet For example in Piano the user creates dynamic regions when drawing piano keys and rhythm and instrument buttons In Paper Replay the user creates dynamic regions as the user takes notes during a recording Later the user taps on a note and the as

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