Hi,

I'm new to ProntoEdit and I am using version 3 to program my Pronto TSU9800.

1) I have setup an overlay as an onscreen keyboard. Is it possible to setup one of the soft keys on my overlay i.e. when clicked to toggle all the keys to different actions like i.e. from text keys to number keys?

2) Also is it possible to change the overlay so it doesn't slide in from the sides but up from the bottom?

Many thanks

Steve

1) Most elegant solution requires script to do this. Less elegant solution involves duplication of the keyboard on 2 or more pages, change titles/actions from keys and have your toggle key do page jumps between the 2 or more pages.

2) I can't recall what the overlay options are for slide in. If it is not readily available in the drop down, then the answer is likely no.

Thanks for your reply.

1) I'm new to Prontoscript, anyone have any idea how to write this script or can point me to where I could find out how to do this?

2) No the only option is slide in. Oh well!

Thanks again

Steve

You can download the ProntoScript Dev Guide from the files section here.

If you don't know Javascript, you might want to pick up the Flanagan book referenced as the "bible" in the appendix of the Dev Guide. You will only need to review the first 10 or so chapters to get Core Javascript programming down.

To get an idea of the basics of changing labels on buttons/panels, etc... Have a look at this configuration (built for 9400)

[Link: files.remotecentral.com]

Lyndel

Thanks for the link. I have ordered the Javascript book and I am having a play with Prontoedit 3 before it arrives.

Steve

Help!

I have put the following code to a Button on an Overlay to make another Button on the same Overlay invisible. However it doesn't work. If I paste the same code onto a Page instead of the Overlay it works ok. Should this also work on an Overlay?

onPress = function()

{CF.widget("ABC").visible = false}

Thanks

Steve

{CF.widget("ABC","PS_OVERLAY").visible = false}

Now is correct.

Thanks thats great.

The last thing I'm struggling with is trying to change the actions for Button "K2"

on press of another button. All buttons are on the same Overlay. I tried:-

{CF.widget("K2","PS_OVERLAY").action = VMCCommand ("key:W");}

but this fires the action as soon as I press my "Shift" Button. I want to change the action so it fires

VMCCommand ("key:W");}

onPress of "K2"

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks again

You cannot change actions/actionlists for buttons via script.

If you need 2 different action lists to execute depending on state, I recommend that you create 2 buttons with same ProntoScript Name on 2 separate hidden pages and then use executeActions() or scheduleActions() against the correct widget/button.

In the onscreen button (the one you'd press for Key A on your keyboard), do something like the following.

if (keyboardState == 0) // unshifted
CF.widget("KeyA", "Unshifted").scheduleActions();
else if (keyboardState == 1) // shifted
CF.widget("KeyA", "Shifted").scheduleActions();


In the action of your shift key, you'd simply set the appropriate keyboard state. Note that keyboardState is a variable you declare in you activity or in the page script of the page where the GUI keyboard is contained.

Also note that the "Unshifted" and "Shifted" strings above are the ProntoScript names that you assign to the hidden pages where you have your keyboard buttons that contain the actions you want to execute for each state.

Hi Lyndel,

Again, thank you for your help and patients it’s much appreciated.....

I still haven’t received my "The Definitive Guide" book yet, so I'm still not 100% on the code. However I think I have the gist of what you are saying.

Forgive me if I am wrong, but will this work with the Overlay I'm using? I can see it working on a page ok but I would prefer to use an Overlay as I like the Overlay experience.

Your idea of duplicating the keyboard sounds good. Would it be possible to do this and stack one key on top of the other on the same Overlay and when the Overlay is called to enter, set some code to hide one/two of the set of keys i.e.

LC could be for Lowercase key
UC could be for Uppercase key
NM could be for Number key

If I have completely misunderstood let me know and I will have to wait until my book arrives.

Cheers

Steve

Will work just fine in an overlay. Simply put your UI buttons there and then use scheduleActions/executeActions to execute the actionlist of buttons on hidden pages.

Steve,

Yes, it is a long post so I might have misunderstood some part of it.

Although prontoscript can be added to a button via the actions tab (by pressing the prontoscript button), such scripts are completely separate from the actionlists that are the main thing in the actions tab.  As a consequence, when you do a scheduleActions, it invokes the button's actionlist but it does not invoke its prontoscript.  Hence your test scripts of OutputState=6 etc are never executed but if you replaced these with actionlists then they would be.

Guy,

Thank you for your reply. Again apologises for the previous long post. I thought it best to post the full detail.

I know I sound thick but can you advise on the correct syntax I will need to use?

It’s been a long day and I'm way out of my depth with this. I know I need to do some serious reading on Javascript otherwise I will be wasting more days going around in circles.

Thank you to those who have kindly helped, it’s much appreciated.

Steve

No need at all to apologise - detail is good!  But I appreciate your politeness!


Your syntax looks fine to me, apart from the missing opening bracket near the end in CF.widget("KeyA", "Unshifted").scheduleActions).  In any event, if you make a syntax error, it will tell you in both the console (if using the simulator) and the debug widget (if using the actual pronto)


Reading about Javascript won't help you re either CF.widget or scheduleActions() as these are prontoscript extensions rather than core Javascript.  The prontoscript developers guide is the only document for reading about these matters.