Technical Data. EMDVirtualKeyboard

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1 EMDVirtualKeyboard ActiveX Keyboard Control for Touch Screen Applications Just the Right Touch EMD Software s EMDVirtualKeyboard is an ActiveX Control that is ideal for the application developer planning to provide touch screen or keyboardless functionality and requires a flexible means of providing user keyboard input, function keys, or calculator functionality. The EMDVirtualKeyboard Control was designed for industrial applications and enables developers to build innovative and creative keyboard designs with non-rectangular windows and transparent back-grounds. The EMDVirtualKeyboard can be applied applications such as: Industrial Operator/Machine Interfaces Point of Sale applications, and Information Kiosks. EMDVirtualKeyboard functionality EMDVboard control simulates an actual keyboard and was designed to be used with touch screen or keyboardless applications. The EMDVBoardDlg control provides a complete set of keyset objects that invoke : A 103 key QWERTY keyboard, Standard keyboard, Function keys, Arrow keys, Text keypad, Numeric keypad, Modal or non-modal calculator. You use the EMDVBoardDlg control in your application by adding it to a form and setting its properties. The dialog displayed by the control is determined by the methods of the control. At run time, a dialog box is displayed when the appropriate method is invoked; at design time, the EMDVBoardDlg control is displayed as an icon on a form. Benefits Why use the EMDVirtualKeyboard to develop your touch screen application: Minimize development costs Reduce application development time Shorten time to market. Flexible and scalable architecture Easy to understand and use Features The EMDVirtualKeyboard package comes with the ActiveX Control, Context Sensitive Help, and full working example. Keyboards integrated directly into your applications Customize your keyboard and Keys Non Rectangular Windows Background Transparency, Color and/or Graphics Flexible Keyboard and Key Size and Control Control of Key Repeat time Powerful Virtual Key Event Model SendKey Support - Create powerful keyboard macros Powerful Modal/Non Modal Calculator functionality Simple to use VB programming Full IntelliSense functionality and Context Sensitive Help No Runtime Royalties The standard Keyboard and Calculator cover the most of the applications where the functionality is straight forward. For the rest, you can customize each of these controls by using any available Keyset controls. Free Evaluation Software You can download the EMD Software EMDVirtualKeyboard from our website. Try the control in our application or simply browse the sample application code and help system provided. The URL is

2 1 To add the EMDVirtualKeyboard to your VB application: Right Click your mouse on the Toolbox and select the Components option from the context sensitive menu. 2 Double click on the ShowCalculator Push-button and type in the following code: VBoardDlg.ShowCalculator(0.0) Select the EMD Vboard1.5 in the component list. Drag the EMDVBoardDlg User control from the VB Toolbar and drop it on the default form named Form1 in the form window. The user control is now a part of your application. You can now assign an EMDVBoardDlg method to a pushbutton object click event. 3 Run your application and click on the ShowCalculator Button to see the Calculator displayed. It is a simple as that!

3 The EMDVBoard.NET 2006 Programming Model EMDVBoardDlg Object GetCalculated GetNumber GetText ShowCalculator EMDVBoard Object BezelColor Large Multiline Movable ShowNavigationKeys Small Transparency BackStyle BezelColor BorderWidth CapLock Large MaskColor MaskPicture NumLock Picture ScrollLock SendKeys Small The EMDVBoardDlg control provides a set of dialogs for bringing up a number pad, keypad, modal or non-modal calculator. This is useful in touch screen applications that are used with machines without a keyboard. EMDVboard control simulates an actual keyboard and was designed to be used with touch screen or keyboardless applications.

4 KeySet_Calc UserInterface: KeySet_CancelOK SendKeys KeySet_DefaultClear CancelClick OKClick The KeySet_Calc user control provides the set of keys available on a standard calculator. It does not provide the calculator functionality, only the keyset. However, the GetCalculated or ShowCalculator methods of VBoardDlg can be used to bring to a fully-functional Calculator. UserInterface: The KeySet_CancelOK is a set of 2 keys a Cancel Key and an OK key. UserInterface: ClearClick DefaultClick The KeySet_DefaultClear is a set of 2 keys a default Key and a clear key.

5 KeySet_Function Object KeySet_Nav Object BackStyle CapLock FKeySet ScrollLock SendKeys NavKeySet SendKeys The KeySet_Function control provides a set of keys simulating the function keys on the keyboard. The control provides 6 sets of keys depending on value chosen for the FKeyset. The KeySet_Nav provides a set of keys simulating the page and arrow navigation keys on the keyboard. The property NavKeySet determines the keyset provided by the control.

6 KeySet_Num Object Large NumLock SendKeys Small KeySet_NumOnly Object SendKeys The KeySet_Num control provides a set of keys that appear on the right hand side of the keyboard. Some of the keys on the keyboard provide dual functionality. By toggling the Numlock property the keyset can be used either for navigation or for numeric entry if the SendKeys property is true. The KeySet_NumOnly control provides a set of keys for numbers. It also has a backspace key. This can be used on a numberpad.

7 KeySet_STD Object CapLock Large SendKeys Small The KeySet_STD control provides a set of keys that simulates a standard keyset including the alpha keys, shift, alt, ctrl, caps lock, tab, backspace, enter, and the number keys that appear on top of the alpha keys on the keyboard. By enabling the SendKeys property, the control can send keystrokes to any editable control in focus.

8 Development Environment The requirements for using the EMDVirtualKeyboard for development purposes will be for that of Microsoft Visual Studio. Ordering Information EMDVirtualKeyboard is available for free download from our website or from an authorized EMD Software Reseller. Minimum System Requirements: 200 MHz Pentium 32 MB of RAM 10 MB of Hard Disk Space Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Server 2003 Recommended System Requirements: 400 Mhz Pentium 64 MB of RAM 10 MB of Hard Disk Space Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Runtime Environment The requirements for a runtime system will vary depending on the nature of the application you choose to create. If it is an industrial application, then EMD Software would recommend that you have at least using Windows 2000 with the latest service pack and workstation selected from the Microsoft HCL. Recommended System Requirements: 400 MHz Pentium 64 MB of RAM 10 MB of Hard Disk Space Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 EMD Software Development Services EMD Software also offers custom software development services. If you are interested in discussing project plans with EMD Software, please direct inquiries to the EMD Software s Sales Department at sales@emdsoftware.com. Contact your reseller or EMD Software to obtain your license. Your demonstration software can be converted to a license version immediately. Phone: Fax: sales@emdsoftware.com Product Licensing An EMDVirtualKeyboard license is required for each developer s workstation using the.net Control. Application developed with the EMDVirtualKeyboard can be distributed royalty free in any number of products or applications. Annual software maintenance and developer support contracts are also available. Product Support The EMD Software Support Staff is available to support your development needs via telephone and . A license of EMDVBoard.NET 2006 includes 30 days of product support via telephone and . The support period begins from the date of 1st contact. The support period expires either 30 days from first contact or 180 days from initial purchase. About EMD Software EMD Software was established Atlanta, GA in 1999 as a provider of software engineering services and a developer of packaged software solutions. The company focuses on providing value-added time-to market software services to the Industrial OEM and System Integrator market. EMD Software has world class capabilities in HMI/SCADA system extensions, ActiveX development, VB based HMI, and OPC communications systems. EMD Software 3575 Koger Boulevard, Suite 170, Duluth, GA Phone: Fax: info@emdsoftware.com For the very latest on EMD Software products, visit us at: EMD Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. EMDVBoard.NET 2006 and the EMD Software logo are trademarks of EMD Software, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and.net are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged.