Zebra WDT40x0 Owner's manual

Brand: Zebra

Model: WDT40x0

Type: Owner's manual

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WDT40x0

Special Character

Keyboard

User’s Guide

Custom Input Method for Special Characters on the WDT40x0.

Revisions:

Date

Rev.

Notes

Author

6/11/2008

1.0

1st Draft.

DEM

6/16/2008

1.1

Added Installation Section for zip file.

DEM

8/14/2008

1.2

Added information on preventing Auto Launch

DEM

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1. SOFT KEYBOARD .................................................................................................. 3

2. CUSTOMIZATION .................................................................................................. 5

CHANGING THE KEY WHICH WILL LAUNCH THE SIP ........................................................ 5

AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCHING THE SIP ........................................................................... 5

3. INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................... 5

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1. Soft Keyboard

The WDT40x0 contains one on-screen Soft Input Panel (SIP) keyboard to allow the user

to enter Special Characters. The Special Character SIP looks and functions like a

standard keyboard.

To display the Special Character SIP keyboard, press the “*” key on the keyboard. The

following keyboard will then be displayed on the screen:

Figure 1-1 Special Character Soft Input Panel Keyboard

Since the WDT40x0 may not have a touch screen to select the characters, the arrow keys

on the keyboard can be used to move the “yellow box” to highlight a symbol on the

Special Character SIP. The arrow keys will wrap to the next row or column as you

navigate with the keys.

To select a character and pass it to an application, press the “Enter” key on the keyboard.

Figure 1-2 Entering Data from the Special Character Keyboard

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If the <enter> or arrow keys need to be used by the application instead of the Special

Character SIP, pressing <esc> followed by the arrow or enter key will send the key to the

application instead of having it handled by the Special Character SIP.

Pressing the “ABC” key on the Special Character SIP will switch the SIP to a standard

Alpha-Numeric Keyboard as follows:

Figure 1-3 Special Character Keyboard in Alpha-Numeric Mode

This SIP is navigated in the same manner as the Special Character SIP. To return to the

Special Character SIP, press the “CH” key on the SIP.

Pressing “CAP” or “SH” will switch the SIP to the upper case Alpha-Numeric keyboard

as follows:

Figure 1-4 Special Character Keyboard in upper case Alpha-Numeric Mode

If the SIP is toggled off/on by the “*” key, the Special Character SIP will always be the

first SIP to be displayed.

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2. Customization

Changing the Key which will Launch the SIP

The only customization allowed for the Special Character Keyboard is to use another key

to toggle the display of the SIP. This is controlled by the registry entry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Symbol\LaunchSIP]

“VirtualKeyCode”=dword:0000006A

The value 0x6A is the hex code on the keyboard for the “*” key. The hex codes for the

P1 and P2 keys are 0x7B and 0x7C respectively.

The keycodes correspond to Microsoft’s Virtual Keycodes. You can view the complete

list at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms927178.aspx.

Automatically Launching the SIP

Most SIP’s allow programs to automatically launch the SIP when an input field is

displayed. The Special Character Keyboard SIP can not be automatically launched by

default. To allow the SIP to be automatically launched, the following registry key needs

to be set:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Symbol\LaunchSIP]

“AutoLaunch”=dword:00000001

If this key is set to “dword:00000000”, then the SIP will not be automatically launched.

3. Installation

If the SIP was downloaded as a zip file, then unzip the file to a directory on your PC.

Using Active Sync, copy the following files to the \Applications directory on the

handheld:

LaunchSIP.exe

WDT40x0SCSip.lnk

WDT40x0SCSip.cpy

WDT40x0SCSip.dll

WDT40x0SCSip.reg

Once these files have been copied to the \Applications directory on the handheld, then

initiate a cold boot of the device (press the 1 + 9 + Power keys for the WDT4090).

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Zebra WDT40x0 Owner's manual

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