Arduino and Touch Shield

Of course I am interested in open source and DIY. However, a product that advertises a touchscreen capability and arduino compatibility has a certain expectation of some higher functionality or at least some basic functionality that supports basic touchscreen. I posted very simple code from your companies example and it simply does not work. Can you propose a solution. I would like to do the simplest of things with the touchscreen and that would be to touch the screen and print the screen coordinates as well as the pressure applied. Initially your example would appear to do this however, it has not proven to be the case. Please advise.