MS Access Form and On Screen Keyboard

[ramirezx@ddmfg.com]

Hi,



I have an Access db with a form that has a field that when double tap, it will open the toggle screen keyboard. I also tried to open the On Screen keyboard as well. Does anyone know how I can write vba code that when I click on a button it will open the On Screen Keyboard or the Toggle Screen keyboard. Also On Enter I would like the keyboards to open?

I tried these and none of them work?

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Private Sub Test1_Click(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)


Application.FollowHyperlink "C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-osk_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10586.0_none_37426bc5044 5e4b2\osk.exe"

End Sub

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Private Sub Test2_Click()


shell "C:\Windows\System32\osk.exe"

End Sub

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Private Sub Test3_Click()


Dim stappname As String


stappname = "osk.exe"
Call shell(stappname, 1)


End Sub
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Private Sub Test4_Click()


Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, _
ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal lpnShowCmd As Long) As Long
Public Sub ShellEx()


ShellExecute hWndAccessApp, "open", "C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-osk_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10586.0_none_37426bc5044 5e4b2\osk.exe", 0, 0, 1

End Sub
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Private Sub Test5_Click()


DoCmd.SetWarnings False


ShellExecute hWndAccessApp, "open", "C:\Windows\System32\osk.exe", 0, 0, 1


'Shell "C:\Windows\System32\osk.exe"


DoCmd.SetWarnings True


End Sub

[isladogs]

See the attached DEMO. It contains all required code

[ramirezx@ddmfg.com]

thanks, I will give it a try!

[JasonH]

Thanks Colin... Needed this myself... Note: If you invoke the TabTip and the keyboard appears then immediately disappears as it did on me then change the Taskbar Automatic hide to off if not set already...