SIP - Soft Input Panel - figure keyboard with 10keys

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Hi NG,

I am searching for a SIP - Soft Input Panel - which has only the
figures 1 to 10 on it, and the point + enter,
Does anyone know where i can get such a SIP, or even how to develop
one on my own?

I want the user to write down a list of figures very fast - and even
directly with his fingers.

Thanks a lot.
Benjamin
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Re: SIP - Soft Input Panel - figure keyboard with 10keys by Christopher

Christopher
Wed Apr 16 06:54:18 CDT 2008

Hi,

Benjamin Hauser wrote:
> I am searching for a SIP - Soft Input Panel - which has only the
> figures 1 to 10 on it, and the point + enter,
> Does anyone know where i can get such a SIP, or even how to develop
> one on my own?

This feature is called an Input Method. Typically these are developed in
native C or C++ code. One of the best resources for details on how to
develop one of these is a chpater in a book called "Programming
Microsoft Windows CE, Second Edition". The chapter is available as an
online sample chapter at
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/5461b.aspx#108

Another possibility (which depending upon your requirements may be
significantly easier to implement) is to simply hide the standard SIP
and display your own keypad as a popup window or user control within
your own application. Basically place a couple of buttons onto a window,
and hook up their click event handlers to append an additional character
onto the end of a text box for instance.

Hope this helps,
Christopher Fairbairn
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Re: SIP - Soft Input Panel - figure keyboard with 10keys by Benjamin

Benjamin
Thu Apr 17 06:20:01 CDT 2008

Hi Christopher,

On 16 Apr., 13:54, Christopher Fairbairn <christop...@christec.co.nz>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Benjamin Hauser wrote:
> > I am searching for a SIP - Soft Input Panel - which has only the
> > figures 1 to 10 on it, and the point + enter,
> > Does anyone know where i can get such a SIP, or even how to develop
> > one on my own?
>
> This feature is called an Input Method. Typically these are developed in
> native C or C++ code. One of the best resources for details on how to
> develop one of these is a chpater in a book called "Programming
> Microsoft Windows CE, Second Edition". The chapter is available as an
> online sample chapter athttp://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/5461b.aspx#108
>
> Another possibility (which depending upon your requirements may be
> significantly easier to implement) is to simply hide the standard SIP
> and display your own keypad as a popup window or user control within
> your own application. Basically place a couple of buttons onto a window,
> and hook up their click event handlers to append an additional character
> onto the end of a text box for instance.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Christopher Fairbairn

Thanks a lot for your informatios and help!
I will try to write my own InputPanel.

Or probably someone knows a "company" who sells a Panel like this? i
would pay for it ;-)

Best Regards
Benjamin

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