How to activate the Windows Virtual Keyboard from eXpress

[digitsoft]

How to activate the Windows Virtual Keyboard from eXpress

[Tom]

Use Runshell. The application name of the keyboard is "osk.exe".

[rdonnay]

Use Runshell. The application name of the keyboard is "osk.exe".

I am working on several KIOSK applications for the Taxi system.
We have a screen with a lot of required data entry.
We are still evaluating whether it is better to give them a physical keyboard instead of OSK.EXE.
I have never been successful at getting OSK.EXE to run from RunShell() without an error.
Thus, I wrote a popup keyboard in Xbase++.

We have to start OSK.EXE before starting the KIOSK.
We don't need it for most screens. Only for the large data form.

Are you using it in your application?

[Tom]

No. We created our own on screen keyboard, resizeable und customizable, and people like it (it makes funny noises if you want).
But Nolberto asked how to activate the Windows-osk, and that's the question I answered.

[digitsoft]

hello Roger
I'm not using it at the moment I'm using what I've done is telling users to activate the windows keyboard when they need it, but it's very complicated for some users

Use Runshell. The application name of the keyboard is "osk.exe".

I am working on several KIOSK applications for the Taxi system.
We have a screen with a lot of required data entry.
We are still evaluating whether it is better to give them a physical keyboard instead of OSK.EXE.
I have never been successful at getting OSK.EXE to run from RunShell() without an error.
Thus, I wrote a popup keyboard in Xbase++.

We have to start OSK.EXE before starting the KIOSK.
We don't need it for most screens. Only for the large data form.

Are you using it in your application?

[digitsoft]

Thanks tom
but the truth is that I need a keyboard to adapt it to my system for Tablet.
If you have any examples please, pass it on.

No. We created our own on screen keyboard, resizeable und customizable, and people like it (it makes funny noises if you want).
But Nolberto asked how to activate the Windows-osk, and that's the question I answered.

[digitsoft]

Hi, Could you explain how to load this PopKeyBoard function from HANDLER?




STATIC FUNCTION MyHandler( nEvent, mp1, mp2, oXbp, oDlgs, aGetList )
local i := 0, j


if nEvent == xbeM_Wheel .AND. oXbp:isDerivedFrom('XbpColumn')
SystemParametersInfoA( SPI_GETWHEELSCROLLLINES, 0, @i, 0 )
if i < 0
i := oXbp:parent:RowCount
END if
i := Int( (Mp2[2] / 360) * i )
i *= (-1)

DC_ClearEvents()
PostAppEvent( xbeBRW_Navigate, XBPBRW_Navigate_Skip, i, oXbp:parent )
return DCGUI_IGNORE
elseif nEvent == xbeP_SetInputFocus .AND. oXbp:isDerivedFrom('DC_XbpGet')
dcqout nEvent,xbeP_SetInputFocus

PopKeyBoard(nEvent, mp1, mp2, oXbp:parent, oDlg, .T. )

END if
return DCGUI_NONE

[rdonnay]

Hi, Could you explain how to load this PopKeyBoard function from HANDLER?

I don't know what PopKeyBoard function you are referring to.
I suspect that you mean PopKeyPad() from \exp20\samples\touchscr\keypad.prg

This is very old code.

A much better one is the TouchKeyboard class in \exp20\samples\touchscr\keypad3.prg.
It requires no bitmap files. See attached screenshot.

What you are wanting is something that works like OSK.
This will take a few changes to the keypad3.prg code.

I will create a new OSK class and a sample and post it in this forum.

keypad3.jpg (132.1 KiB) Viewed 14795 times

[rdonnay]

people like it (it makes funny noises if you want)

Funny is always good.

[Auge_Ohr]

try

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   SHELLOPENFILE( "C:\WINDOWS\system32\", "osk.exe" )

FUNCTION SHELLOPENFILE( cPath, cFILE, cPara )

   lSuccess := DllCall( "SHELL32.DLL"  , DLL_STDCALL, ;
               "ShellExecuteA", AppDesktop():GetHWND(), "open", cPath+cFile,;
               cPara, CurDir(), SW_NORMAL )