I currently own a Tablet PC and Adobe Illustrator, and would like to
use the drawing capabilities of the tablet in Illustrator. However,
when the tablet is in the dock, the screen in necessarily rotated to
face the opposite way. Because I would like to use illustrator on an
external monitor drawing on the screen of the tablet has the opposite
action on the external monitor.

So, what I need is some way to, easily, invert the inputs of the pen
interface on the screen. I would prefer of course that switching the
interface on and off is relatively painless.

Things to know:
-The pen interface is a Wacom tablet, for all intents and purposes.
-When in the dock, pen movements on the laptop screen are translated
over to the external monitor (this is not my doing, it does it
automatically).
-While the movements are translated over, becasue the screen is
upside-down in the dock the movements on the external monitor are
inverted as well.
-I know C# and can effectively program in it if there is a reasonable
solution using that language (notably, I do not know C or C++).
-The computer itself is a Lenovo/IBM X41 Tablet.

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Request for Question Clarification by cynthia-ga on 27 Jan 2006 10:02 PST

Hi collegekid42,

You're not alone in this problem. I don't have a 100% solution, so I'm
posting what I found for you to peruse. Let me know if something
works. I'm fairly certain there is virtually nothing left on the
subject to be found.

Possible Hardware solution:

VT Book
http://www.villagetronic.com/e_pr_vtbook.html


I think there may be some help here:

TabletPC Buzz - Dual screen mode 
http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4894&SearchTerms=flip,screen
Not the same tablet, but there are several ideas, one of them may work.

More threads, same problem as yours again:
http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=24442&SearchTerms="upside,down"
http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20798&SearchTerms="upside,down"


This forum may be useful:

TabletPC Talk
http://www.tabletpctalk.com/


These next links are a stretch, but worth looking at if nothing above was helpful:

You might try this to "cause" the "problem" :

PROBLEM: Upside-Down Display In Windows XP
http://8help.osu.edu/1722.html

SOLUTION: The Display Rotates 180 Degrees When You Lower Your Screen
Resolution Using the Accessibility Wizard
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;826480

X41 using X4 Dock in Tablet PC 
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc&tid=42fc9d32-59c6-40ae-ba7d-0555473c7f5e&p=1
This guy has the same problem, there are no replies yet.


This thread sounds related:

Screen Rotating API Programmers to the rescue! 
http://weblogs.asp.net/jlerman/archive/2003/11/17/38065.aspx

If you have a game that plays upside down...
http://www.brasington.org/arcade/tech/flip/
Link for Yoke Flipping is dead, if this is a possibility, let me know
and I'll find another set of instructions.

upside down monitor solution [Archive] - The Digital Video 
://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=23&q=http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/archive/index.php/t-23982.html&e=7168
This is refering to small Camera LCD screens, flipping the screen with
a magnet, interesting but probably not useful.


That's all I could find. I know these next links won't work, but I'm
including them in case there is a miracle here. These are prank
programs that invert the screen.

Map is a simple program that turns the screen upside down
http://www.robrob8.com/pranks/map.htm

It turns the Windows desktop screen upside down. No damage is done, of
course: You (or your unsuspecting victim) can always press the Esc key
to return the display to normal.
http://www.eakles.com/pranks.html



I hope something here helps! Let me know if any of these suggestions
work so I can post in the answer box. Also, be sure to clearly explain
what worked so other people with the same problem can find the
answer..


~~Cynthia


Search terms used at Google, copied from my search history: 
(obviously I had waaaay too much time onmy hands last night, and I
hate to get stumped)
VTBook, IBM X41 Tablet "upside down", IBM X41 Tablet invert OR 180,
"upside down" OR flip screen OR monitor wacom, Wacom invert OR flip OR
"upside down" display OR screen OR monit ..., Wacom driver invert OR
flip OR "upside down" tablet docked, Wacom drivers invert OR flip OR
"upside down" tablet docked, Wacom drivers invert tablet docked, Wacom
drivers invert tablet dock, Wacom drivers invert tablet, Wacom drivers
invert, Wacom drivers, screen flip, screen OR monitor OR mouse OR pen
OR stylus ~tricks "upside down" screen OR monitor OR mouse OR pen OR
stylus ~tricks "upside down" IBM X41 Tablet "flip screen", IBM X41
Tablet "invert screen", Lenovo/IBM X41 Tablet LCD, "upside down"
screen OR monitor, screen OR monitor OR mouse OR pen OR stylus ~tricks
"upside down, pen OR stylus driver invert OR flip OR "upside down",
screen OR monitor OR mouse OR pen OR stylus tricks mouse input "upside
down", invert OR "upside down" pen input on screen display tablet PC,
invert pen input on screen display tablet PC, invert mouse output,
"invert mouse output"

hold the pen upside-down

I really do hope that that answer was in jest. However, if it was not,
all I have to say is that your suggestion will not work

Just a thought why don't you rotate the tablet 180 degrees. It will be
a bit uncomfortable to use but it'll solve the purpose.