On-Screen keyboard

[Guest]

I am developing a patient registration system for a doctor using a "touch
screen" and want the user to be able to "touch" in their name and birthdate
using an "on-screen" keyboard. The end-user insists that there be no use of
an external keyboard. Does anyone know of a "keyboard" control or custom
form? or other solution?

 

[Andi Mayer]

I am developing a patient registration system for a doctor using a "touch
screen" and want the user to be able to "touch" in their name and birthdate
using an "on-screen" keyboard. The end-user insists that there be no use of
an external keyboard. Does anyone know of a "keyboard" control or custom
form? or other solution?

start---programms----Accessories---Accessability---On Screen keyboard

 

[Guest]

start---programms----Accessories---Accessability---On Screen keyboard

MW.....What operating system are you describing?

 

[Andi Mayer]

MW.....What operating system are you describing?

win 2000 or XP
if you don't have then install the Accessability-options

 

[Tom Lake]

I am developing a patient registration system for a doctor using a
"touch

win 2000 or XP
if you don't have then install the Accessability-options

I have Win 2000 but on the Accessibility screen's Keyboard tab I only have
a choice of Sticky Keys, Filter Keys or Toggle Keys.

Tom Lake

 

[Andi Mayer]

I have Win 2000 but on the Accessibility screen's Keyboard tab I only have
a choice of Sticky Keys, Filter Keys or Toggle Keys.

can't remember how I have it installed (played with it 3 to 5 years
ago) but the exe is called osk.exe (it's in the /386 folder on the
install disk)

 

[Guest]

That's great, but I need it to be larger so people can press the keys with
their finger on a touch-screen. Know of anything with larger "keys"?

 

[Guest]

Also I need an on-screen keyboard that can be called from within Access.

 

[Andi Mayer]

Also I need an on-screen keyboard that can be called from within Access.

why not write your own as a access form?

 

[Jeff Conrad]

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,