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

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8580/8590 Vehicle-Mount Computer 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:

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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.

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

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