Hi
What I did (that works on T-W and T-C) is trap the fldEnter event and if
the currently focused field has the numeric attribute set, I post a
custom "SetNumLock" event . In response to that event I set the
graffiti state. I had to post the extra event because setting the
graffiti state in the fldEnter didn't work... the extra "delay" does
work. On the Treo600 setting the graffiti state did not work, but is
not required anyray... it sets the numeric state automatically on field
that has the numeric attribute. (my code detect the palm model). I have
not tested the Treo 650.
Regards,
jerome
Robert Moynihan wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am project that involves a lot of numeric input. On devices that
have a built in keyboard where certain letter keys are also used as
number keys (i.e. the Treo 650, Tungsten C, and the Tungsten W) I'd
like to have the num lock be automatically set. I've used the
GrfSetState(false,true,false) to attempt to set this. On a tungsten E
with an infared keyboard I get an acceptable behavior. If I set num
lock manually (The call to GrfSetState is there but doesn't seem to
function properly), the num lock set persists if I move to a new
field. On the Tungsten C num lock is disabled every time you change
fields. On the Palm OS Emulator is there a way to activate num lock
so I can debug this? Also the GrfSetState function dosen't seem to
work properly, despite the fact that the Tungsten C, and Treo 650 are
running OS 5.2.1. Is this issue with the GrfSetState function a known
bug? If so is there a work around?
I faced the same type of problem, and what I ended up doing was to catch
all the keyDown events and translate them myself. So if I caught a 'd'
or a 'D' I would call it a '4' and handle it appropriately. The catch
to this is that the keypads are not uniform, and non-querty keypads have
to be handled with a different mapping. My solution never felt quite
right, but sometimes you do what works, until the right solution
presents itself. Bob.
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