Hi Richard,
I agree with Andi that the best thing to do would be to
create your own Access form that looks like a keyboard.
We use a touch screen POS system at one of our store
locations. The program was not written in Access, but
all the data files are stored in Jet tables. When we need
to "type" something in, a form pops up and fills the entire
screen area. The form is laid out just like a keyboard.
Pressing any of the buttons will display what you are
typing in a text box in the upper left corner. There are
only letters and a Backspace key. There is also a
similar type of form for entering numbers.
Have I created anything like this? No.
Can this be done in Access? Without a doubt I'm sure.
You might try creating a form and laying out 26
command buttons (one for each letter) and whatever
other keys you would like to see. Set the captions
for each as you would see them on a keyboard. After
you have all this set up, you might try starting a new thread
and explaining your situation. You would need code
that can "build" your text in some type of text box when
clicking the various command buttons. I'm sure this can be
done.
I'm very curious to see how this would work out as well.
I may even play around with this myself out of curiosity,
but I'm pretty busy right now with other projects.
Good luck,
