virtual number block Access 2000?

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Ing Chris via AccessMonster.com

Hello,

(Access 2000/2003
application runs on a TERMINAL SERVER 2003 !!!)

Is there any possibility included in access to use a virtual number block
(Numbers from 0 ...9 and "Enter","Delete") or a virtual keyboard in Access-
Forms?

Thanks for helping soon...
IngChris
 
Ing Chris via AccessMonster.com said:
Hello,

(Access 2000/2003
application runs on a TERMINAL SERVER 2003 !!!)

Is there any possibility included in access to use a virtual number block
(Numbers from 0 ...9 and "Enter","Delete") or a virtual keyboard in
Access-
Forms?
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Neither of these are built-in "features", but either could likely be
implemented using a combination of features that are built in to Access, or
could be used as a function of an external reference... Where/how do you
anticipate using the "virtual number block" and/or the virtual keyboard?

If you wanted the virtual number block to be presented to the user for
selection, the simplest approach would be a List Box or a Combo Box with a
ValueList.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
Hallo Larry,

Thank you for your answer.

It is not so easy...
I built a form which should be used as cash register (in German
"Registrierkasse").

I use an ELO-TOUCHDISPLAY!
I select one field on my form by touching this field (there are different
fields like "amount", "price", "discount" - NOT only one field!) , so this
field gets the focus and I color it - for example - yellow; then - for
example - I want to enter the "price" by using the virtual number block.
(The focus should stay on the "price"-field)

Do you have any idea?
Thank you.

IngChris

Larry said:
Hello,
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Access-
Forms?
Click to expand...

Neither of these are built-in "features", but either could likely be
implemented using a combination of features that are built in to Access, or
could be used as a function of an external reference... Where/how do you
anticipate using the "virtual number block" and/or the virtual keyboard?

If you wanted the virtual number block to be presented to the user for
selection, the simplest approach would be a List Box or a Combo Box with a
ValueList.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
Click to expand...
 
The last time I programmed anything for a touch display was over 10 years
ago, in a previous incarnation as a "mainframer". Thus I don't have an
answer for you.

You cannot leave focus on one control, and at the same time setting focus to
another. It is possible that you could save the name of the Control that had
the focus in its Lost Focus event, choose a number, set it in the Control
that originally had the focus, set focus back to the virtual number block
and repeat until done (however you determine that).

I did something similar, but definitely not identical, in creating an
illustration of a simple text editor for HTML in Access. One of the lessons
I learned from that was that Access isn't the best tool for creating a text
editor. I suspect you may learn a similar lesson regarding your touch
screen.

I regret that I cannot be more encouraging.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP


Ing Chris via AccessMonster.com said:
Hallo Larry,

Thank you for your answer.

It is not so easy...
I built a form which should be used as cash register (in German
"Registrierkasse").

I use an ELO-TOUCHDISPLAY!
I select one field on my form by touching this field (there are different
fields like "amount", "price", "discount" - NOT only one field!) , so this
field gets the focus and I color it - for example - yellow; then - for
example - I want to enter the "price" by using the virtual number block.
(The focus should stay on the "price"-field)

Do you have any idea?
Thank you.

IngChris

Larry said:
Hello,
Click to expand...
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
Access-
Forms?
Click to expand...

Neither of these are built-in "features", but either could likely be
implemented using a combination of features that are built in to Access,
or
could be used as a function of an external reference... Where/how do you
anticipate using the "virtual number block" and/or the virtual keyboard?

If you wanted the virtual number block to be presented to the user for
selection, the simplest approach would be a List Box or a Combo Box with a
ValueList.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
Click to expand...
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