Labelling, Bitmaps – Psion Teklogix Vehicle-Mount Computer 8590 User Manual

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Chapter 6: Operating System & Software Applications

Defining The Keys

Labelling

The first three fields (up to the first | character) are for the labelling of the keys:

1. Normal field, labelling without [SHIFT] and without [ALT Gr]
2. Shift field, labelling with the [SHIFT] key pressed
3. AltGr field, labelling with the [ALT Gr] key pressed

The following combinations are permissible, for example:

A|

In all three modes, the upper-case A is always displayed

a/A/| Normal = a, with [SHIFT] = A, with [ALT Gr] = no display
A//|

Normal = A, with [SHIFT] or [ALT Gr] = no display (blank key)

If the / or | character, or other characters that are difficult to enter, are being specified
for the labelling, then this can be done with the hexadecimal operator $:

Character / displayed through $2F
Character | displayed through $24

Bitmaps

Bitmaps can also be used for the key display. The pre-defined standard keyboard
symbols may already be found in the resources of the software keyboard program.
Alternatively, the bitmap files can also be specified directly:

$BMP_Shift|

Display of the Shift arrow from the program
resource

$BMP_MySymbol.bmp|Display of the bitmap file MySymbol.bmp

Please note the following:

The special character $ must be specified in front of the bitmap name.

The bitmap files must either be located in the current working directory of
the program or they must be specified with full path name.

For all bitmap files, the Color RGB = 140,195,255 is permanently defined
as the transparent color.

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