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Hello -
I'm creating a project that will run on a touch screen kiosk. One of the screens asks for basic contact info - name, address, etc. The "real" keyboard will be locked away from the users, so I have created one that will be displaed on screen that they can touch to enter text.

I *think* what I need to do is have them first touch an input box, then enter the info via the on-screen keyboard, and proceed from one input box to the next.

My problem is I don't know how to have the "keyboard" put the text in the correct place.

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I *think* I got it - I'm setting a placeholder variable with the OnClick action and a series of select/case statements to update each variable.

The Input Text Object uses the keyboard, so while the effect you want "looks like" an input text object, it's not.

Create a Text Object and make it the size you want. Add a Border, Shadow and even a Background color. When finished placing it on your Page, do a right mouse click within the Text Object to open the OPUS menu. Select Add Variable, then create a NEW Variable -- call it TXT_Input for example.

Now create Buttons for each letter of the Alphabet and numbers. You'll want an Action of Left Click add "A" to Variable TXT_Input for example.
You'll need and ENTER Button which will then take the Variable TEXT_Input and process it they way you would have handled the standard Input Text Object.

Hope that points you in the right direction.

Why not script in the action to open the windows on screen keyboard!

I have done that a few times in the past and it works just fine.