[WD] On-screen Keyboard

How do I start the on-screen keyboard on Touch screens? Why this code doesn't work: ExeRun("C:\Windows\System32\osk.exe") or ShellExecute("C:\Windows\System32\osk.exe")

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Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2024 11:41PM by infos.

If what yhou post here is one exact copy of your code you are missing one \ , try with C:\Windows\System32\osk.exe instead of C:Windows\System32\osk.exe or use only ExeRun("osk.exe")

Regards

Paulo Oliveira

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I want to launch an on-screen keyboard from a WinDev application, not from Windows

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pao Wrote:
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> If what yhou post here is one exact copy of your
> code you are missing one \ , try with
> C:\Windows\System32\osk.exe instead of
> C:Windows\System32\osk.exe or use only
> ExeRun("osk.exe")


The code contains the correct path to osk.exe, but it simply does not work, try it yourself

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2024 06:05PM by infos.

found a way

create a file osk.cmd (with notepad)
write the code

start C:/windows/system32/osk.exe

you can place this cmd in a folder you like
in windev you can than do

ExeRun("C:\BRONCODE\PROJECTS_DATA\DEV\osk.cmd")

it works

mayby not a good solution but it go, think that the osk.exe only thru windows can run
but this is a way

oeps, sorry it won't work now

Hello Infos,

I think the issue is that the OSK.exe has an OSKSupport.dll and the exerun() and shellexecute() commands can't load the dll.

One option may be to create a shortcut to the osk.exe on the desktop and ask the user to click on it to open the keyboard.

Another option is to find an alternate onscreen keyboard program. I downloaded one - Free Virtual Keyboard - and it worked on using exerun() if I installed it directly onto the C:\ drive

ExeRun("""C:\FreeVK\Virtual Keyboard.exe""")

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Regards
Al

Yes this is an interesting idea, I created a osk.cmd file, clicking on this file starts the on-screen keyboard, however, when I run from the windev application to ExeRun("osk.cmd") it shows an error that Windows cannot find the C:\Windows\System32\osk.exe file. All exe files in the System32 folder run neatly except osk.exe, I don't know the reason for that. I tried to extract a shortcut to osk.exe but the same without success

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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2024 11:39PM by infos.