Intercept And Modify WinXP On-screen Keyboard Key Focus Event?
May 24, 2012
I've adapted the code from this link to use the WinXP on-screen keyboard (osk) for a touch-screen application written in VB.NET v3.5. The osk fills the bottom half of screen etc. and behaves fine except for one little quirk. If the user clicks or taps anywhere on the 'background' area behind/between the virtual keys (within the main osk window), the color of the area changes to that of the keys when any further key subsequently gets focus. The outline of all keys is then lost because they are visually merged into the osk window background. The osk must then be terminated and re-launched to remove the confusing appearance.
This behaviour only occurs when the osk window is set to the child style (i.e. when the menu is hidden), using the SetWindowLong P/Invoke function - e.g.
SetWindowLong(OskProcess.MainWindowHandle, GWL_STYLE, WS_CHILD)
It's as if the entire area behind the keys is being treated as another key when tapped/clicked, whereupon its color is 'restored' after losing focus.Is there any way to intercept and somehow override the focus event of this osk background area?
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Jan 19, 2011
I have a form with some textbox and a numerical keyboard on screen. The following code works well if only it had 1 textbox..
Private Sub botones_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles bt0.Click, bt1.Click, bt2.Click, bt3.Click, bt4.Click, bt5.Click, bt6.Click, bt7.Click, bt8.Click, bt9.Click, btDec.Click
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Jan 4, 2010
oke On-Screen keyboard through my VB code. I am using windows 7 and below code to open the keyboard. Everytime when i run this code i am getting error "Could not start On-Screen keyboard".e to fix this error?
Dim proces As New Process
proces.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
proces.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
[code].....
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Nov 19, 2010
I am learning Visual Basic 2008. I have created a form with a datagridview bound to a dataset. I also added a button to the datagridview. When the button is clicked I want to be able to update a couple fields in the grid with new values. How do I intercept the click of that button?
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Apr 7, 2010
When a user clicks on the little red "x" a.k.a. the form close button on the form command bar, what even is activated besides FormClosed()
I know FormClosing() is called, but I cannot really stop the form from closing after my code is run. I want to be able to show a messagebox that asks if the user wants to exit the form or not. Obviously if they click no, I want the form to stay open, how would I do this?
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Jan 14, 2011
how can i detect pressed keyboard keys while the focus is not on my running win form or any of its controls ?
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Mar 28, 2009
I'm developing a program in WPF (VB) that relies on keyboard navigation only.In my program, I have a listbox that displays up to 20000 items.What I want is that when the listbox has keyboard focus, and I move to the bottom item that is visible (using ArrowDown), I want the focus to move to the next item outside the listbox. I'm using PgUp and PgDown to scroll the listbox contents, and text search to jump to items.Is there a way to detect if the focused/selected item is the last/first visible item in the listbox?If so, I could just use:
ListBox1.MoveFocus(New TraversalRequest(FocusNavigationDirection.Down))
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Mar 21, 2012
I have a textbox on a form that when it loses focus it updates other text boxes on the form. But before it updates the other textboxes I check the input value in the textbox lostfocus event if it is undesired I return focus to the the textbox and alert the the user with a msgbox. However where my problem is, is that when the cancel button is clicked I don't care what the input in the textbox is because the changes are being canceled but if the value is undesired the it keeps returning focus to the textbox instead of canceling the changes. Is there a way to see what control was clicked on before or in the lost focus event? Can't seem to figure it out tried enter and leave events but no luck!
So for example something like this...
Code:
Private Sub TextBox1_LostFocus(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.LostFocus
If Control that was clicked <> btnCancel then
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Mar 28, 2010
I want to make an app which on loading sits in the system tray and even after I open another program (say notepad or vlc or anything) i.e. even when the app is not in focus and if I press "G" on my keyboard, the tray icon should show a tool tip - "key G is pressed". I have tried several codes but nothing works when the app goes out of focus. I can use Register Hot Key [url] but it needs a modifier also (like Ctrl or Alt etc. along with my key G). So, is there any way I can achieve this? something which many tray icons do like antivirus apps, etc. and I do not want to use AutoHotkey application.
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Oct 22, 2010
This isn't really a VB specific question. It's .Net in general... if you have ideas in another .Net language, let me know... I know most of the .Net languages (I don't know that foxtrot or what not weird ones). Furthermore this isn't a 'I don't know the method on some class I should be using' kind of question, it's a design/problem solving kind of question.I'd like to know how you'd approach the problem with in the boundaries set.
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Dec 15, 2011
I am creating a "form1" and adding "WebBrowser1" . Let's say the URL that I put on the WebBrowser1 has a username and password. So that, this will require a on screen keyboard in order to type the username and password. In this case, I do not want to use external OSK (on screen keyboard), what I want is to create some numerik numbers or letters on my form1 with buttons and then type it on the URL.
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Jun 22, 2010
I am creating a application for a touch screen computer/till of course, this means that I have to make a keyboard in my application so you don't have to mess around getting the keyboard out. I have multiple textbox's on my application and would like to know how to make the keys type into the textbox that is focused.[code]At the moment I was using this but this only puts the letters into the NameTextbox and also the NameTextbox doesn't appear to be focused.How would I get the keys to type into the textbox that is focused?
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Sep 1, 2011
im creating an anti keylogger using on-screen keyboard and its work. but the problem is keylogger still can captured the keystroke. So i want to know what code should i add in my program. this is my code so far
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Mar 20, 2009
hav situation where i need to get the selected text box? i am working on a on screen keyboard. When i press the buttons i must print them in the selected textbox.I achieved to print the button values in the specified textbox. But couldnt able to figure it out to put the values in the selected text
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Oct 15, 2010
Visual basic 2008.I want to make an on screen keyboard exactly like the one in windows. I have made one which uses app activation, but that only works with the one you write in your codding or using a combobox to select one. How do you make one that works with everything like the one in windows.
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Jun 18, 2010
I need to make an on-screen keyboard for a touchscreen application. I have my main application popping up a child form that shows my keyboard layout. When I press a key on the keyboard form I need it's value to go into a textbox on the main form. So how do I send a keys text value back to the main app?
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May 19, 2010
My touch screen keyboard is highly customizable interface and has every component I need except for sending keys, anyone see a problem with this. Originally when I was creating it I was going to use the Forms.SendKeys.Send() but it's a WPF application... no go. For starters VB.Net in its infinite wisdom decided it would not handle default form messages. Go figure.
Or perhaps, this is my real problem, I can't get the WPF application to stop getting focus. I want it to act like the windows touch keyboard, but Every action that occurs in the transparent WPF makes that application the active one. I want events to still occur but I need the active window to be the window you wish to type into, like notepad.
Any Suggestions on what I should do, to make my WPF not focusable and to send keyboard buttons to the focused (or other) window? PS, I'm using WPF in Visual Studio 2010 in Vb.Net (I can use C# Code to!)
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Sep 16, 2010
I've been looking all over the internet and can't find a decent code for an on screen keyboard, that writes letter into another application for example Microsoft word or Notepad.If someone has a code or could point in the right direction that would be awesome.
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Sep 9, 2011
Now This is my first post and i am very inexperienced with Visual basic As an extra feature to a kiosk that i am making as an assignment in my year 10 ist class, (were doing it in power point 2010)
i am making a visual basic keyboard in Power point from swish max objects inserted through visual basic toolbox, i have found code to make a button that can type in to a text box once clicked. But i need code that when you click an object it types a letter into a visual basic textbox that i inserted into the power point prestation
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Dec 10, 2009
I want to make a simple program like On-Screen keyboard to send a certain text - www.google.com - to any application like address bar in IE or Run window or any textbox in registration form .I searched the forum here and all answers about using the API window name function . or using the Timer control and that doesn't help .
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Aug 17, 2010
I am trying to develop an application for POS.I have designed a on screen keyboard.I am trying to make this keyboard more like real keyboard, I mean keys to be more 3d like real keyboard but I find limitations in VB .Net button control.
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Apr 13, 2011
This IS a project for the class. HOWEVER, this class is *NOT* a programming class, but is called "Usability Engineering", which aims its goals at creating a better user interaction. I'm not sure of what the "homework" policy is here, but what I am asking isn't for getting a grade, as the grade isn't based on my ability to program here. But nonetheless I am a C++ programmer at heart and VB makes me groan a little bit.
^ The program: Our goal with this project is to make a program with only five buttons (Aiming to be a cellphone type system, I know, the resolution is huge.), The buttons are the arrow keys, and enter. When the user selects a textbox, it changes the focus to the keyboard and then allows input via moving around and hitting enter.
My first problem right now, is that when I use my arrow keys, if I press RIGHT or DOWN, it will only go right, and if i press left or up, it only goes left.
The second problem, is that the buttons are out of order... when I am on "P", and press right, it actually hops down to the space bar button instead. I'm sure this is just some sort of container that can be modified, but I'm unsure of where it is.
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Feb 9, 2011
I have a Visual Basic Program that, when I enter data into a textbox, uses LEAVE events to update it. However, it will not update until I go to another textbox or press a button or other similar control.This also happens when using the LOST FOCUS event.How can I make the textbox update (be it doing a financial recalculation or some other custom function) happen when the user clicks/tabs out of the textbox and NOT having to click on a button or into another textbox?Do you recommend having a separate button for performing the custom functions?
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Oct 30, 2010
I want to show and hide the OSK keyboard (docked at the bottom) for my touch screen application best methods? (I want to make sure when I show that I try to run, in case someone closed it while using the app)
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Dec 15, 2010
Is it possible to set focus on the keydown event so after the button control, sets the focus into the keydown? although says often control can have focus,.Putting a button and a keydown event on a form...
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Jun 7, 2010
I need to start and then minimise/normalise an instance of On Screen Keyboard from my app:
PID = Shell("explorer C:WindowsSystem32osk.exe",AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)
seems to launch it okay but how can I then "find" it and minimise/normalise its window?Also, would it be better if I launched it differently? I've tried missing out the 'explorer':
PID = Shell("C:WindowsSystem32osk.exe", AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)
but this says "file not found"...
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Apr 16, 2010
I'm creating a On-Screen keyboard for my application, and it supports skins as well.
Here's what I'm doing with the skins, I have a folder which contains some images and a xml file which maps the images to the keyboard, I want to be able to have the folder as a zip file like in Office 2007 (.docx) and iPhone firmwares (.ipsw), I know I can simply zip the folder and change the extension, what I need to know is how to read the files in the code.
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May 4, 2010
How to show the bottom part of the screen in the click of a button? On my site I have a picture and when the user clicks on this some more information is shown at the bottom of the page, althought i do have text at the top informing the user to scroll down once the picture is clicked it would be nice to automatically focus the page on the bottom half.
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Mar 20, 2012
I have a Splash screen setup and working fine. I have error checking to detect if a specific USB device is connected with a message box having the user to check the device if not detected. This all works fine.In testing, my splash screen doesn't allow the focus to change to my message box error when said device is not connected. So it just looks like the splash screen is stuck. I'd like the focus to change to my message box error IF it comes up.
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Apr 8, 2010
I an trying to modify a queue within the tick event of a timer. Is this even possible? A sample follows:
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
Dim NewQueue As New Queue(Of String)
NewQueue.Enqueue("alpha")
NewQueue.Enqueue("beta")
[code]....
create a looping display (first "alpha", then "beta", etc.). What's missing? Also, why can I declare the Queue outside of a sub, but I can't fill it there as well (enqueue)?
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