Digital Workshop

I want to create a very simple custom keyboard that can be used to enter data into a web page that is opened on the same page in a browser window.

I am familiar with OSK.EXE and may use that, but I want to try creating a very simple keyboard with just the required keys for the application.

I am happy with scripting etc, so all I need is the physical methodolgy to take input from an Opus button and pass it to the active text box in the browser window. Can it be done?

And if it can, is there any way to have the keyboard on top of the browser window? I know I can make the browswer smaller and have the keyboard below, but can it be ontop?


Thanks

Dave

The lack of replies tends to back my thinking that there is no way of doing this directly from within Opus. The floating keyboard can be achieved by creating it as a seperate chapter, you would then store the key presses as ascii characters using an event handler, but there is no way (in Opus) to then feed those characters back into the web browser without using some external application....unless Mack has a dll????? Opus can only set three key states "SetKeyState( Key, State )" for the Num lock, Caps lock and Scroll lock.
AutoIt and Autohotkey could be used. I use AutoHotkey, but mainly on prepared scripts. I might be possible to send the contents of the clipboard or a variable to the active application using AHK, probably same with AutoIt...but it's getting clunky. I'm not sure how AHK will operate with a Opus publication which has a web browser, which will it see as the active window?

Sandy

Dave,

Any progress?
I think Sandy is on the right track. Need any further help... ?