https://java-synaptics.dev.java.net/

this nice library allows to work directly with the synaptics touchpad, which is in most PC labtops these days.

is it possible to use it directly with processing? if yes: how is this done? any sample codes for importing and using external java libraries (except those already provided)?

generally all you need to do is put any .dll or .jar files into the "code" folder of your sketch. in fact, if you use "add file" under the sketch menu and select the dll and jar files from the synaptics lib, you'll be able to use things there. anything found in the .jar files will be added to the "imports" for the sketch.

then you can adapt the examples to run as a PApplet instead of whatever else it might be.

the programming modes are discussed in the reference:
http://processing.org/reference/environment/index.html#Programming_modes
but "java mode" is more of a syntactic/structural thing than a true switch.

edit: forgot to add the libraries ref.. in general, to make this easier for others, you might want to adapt it to be a "library", which is discussed here:
http://dev.processing.org/libraries/
there's also more info about the code folder in there too.

Hi,

I get this too occasionally with classes I define:

Semantic Error: The method "XXX" is not static, and cannot be accessed in this static context.

how do you fix it?

thanks,

jrmy