Hi all,

I am looking for a method which detects hardware keyboard are enabled in CF
2.0 for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices.

This is my scenario:
When a textbox on a form has the focus, the SIP is enabled by setting
InputPanel.Enabled to true in the TextBox.GotFocus. The issue is how can i
hide SIP when user slides open its built in keyboard? How can I know when
user enabled his hardware keyboard?

I did browse around in this forum and googled for a solution, somehow there
isn't a way that could surely detect hardware keyboard. The device i am
testing on is Cingular 8125 which comes with a built-in sliding keyboard.

Any insights is much appreciated.

Thanks.

The OS does this automatically when the user presses a key on the hardware
keyboard. Since not every device *has* a slide-out or flip up keyboard (see
Treo 700), I don't think it makes sense to try to add to the functionality
that the OS already provides for this particular case.

Paul T.

"sync" <(E-Mail Removed)..(donotspam).> wrote in message
news:58B18482-B027-4414-946F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all,
>
> I am looking for a method which detects hardware keyboard are enabled in
> CF
> 2.0 for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices.
>
> This is my scenario:
> When a textbox on a form has the focus, the SIP is enabled by setting
> InputPanel.Enabled to true in the TextBox.GotFocus. The issue is how can i
> hide SIP when user slides open its built in keyboard? How can I know when
> user enabled his hardware keyboard?
>
> I did browse around in this forum and googled for a solution, somehow
> there
> isn't a way that could surely detect hardware keyboard. The device i am
> testing on is Cingular 8125 which comes with a built-in sliding keyboard.
>
> Any insights is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.

You are right. I miss that out.

Thanks.

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:

> The OS does this automatically when the user presses a key on the hardware
> keyboard. Since not every device *has* a slide-out or flip up keyboard (see
> Treo 700), I don't think it makes sense to try to add to the functionality
> that the OS already provides for this particular case.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "sync" <(E-Mail Removed)..(donotspam).> wrote in message
> news:58B18482-B027-4414-946F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am looking for a method which detects hardware keyboard are enabled in
> > CF
> > 2.0 for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices.
> >
> > This is my scenario:
> > When a textbox on a form has the focus, the SIP is enabled by setting
> > InputPanel.Enabled to true in the TextBox.GotFocus. The issue is how can i
> > hide SIP when user slides open its built in keyboard? How can I know when
> > user enabled his hardware keyboard?
> >
> > I did browse around in this forum and googled for a solution, somehow
> > there
> > isn't a way that could surely detect hardware keyboard. The device i am
> > testing on is Cingular 8125 which comes with a built-in sliding keyboard.
> >
> > Any insights is much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
>