1. What is Freefloat Key?
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1. Toolbars status Bar w Layout f View Menu Commands Object List Note Not implemented yet Note Not implemented yet Toolbars Standard Toggles the standard toolbar Toolbars Layout Toggles the layout toolbar Toggles the status bar Page 52 Keyboard Menu Canvas Layout Window Keyb oard Exit Password Inactivity Control Use at Logon Screen Private Modifiers Commands Displays the Keyboard Exit Password dialog Inactivity Control Displays the Inactivity Control dialog Use at Logon Screen Determines whether the keyboard is a logon keyboard or not Private Modifiers Determines whether modifier keys are private or not Starts the current keyboard in the runtime to test a keyboard layout Note You do not need to save the keyboard first Page 53 Canvas Menu Canvas Layout Window Help Add Remove Position SIZE Background Color Edit Name Visible Blend Fade Move Delay Anchored Canvases Border k Add k Super VGA Minimized Canvas 1 Canvas 2 EEE Canvas Menu Commands add _ Adds a new empty canvas to the current keyboard Sue Setsthesie OO O OOO S Edit Name Setsthename Visible Determines whether the canvas should be displayed when the keyboard is loaded by the runtime Note Make sure at least one canvas has2. Align Move Make Same Size Center In Parent 1 Bring to Front F M Send to Back B Toggle Grid G aig Toggle Keys K Grid Settings Layout Space Evenly Submenu Commands Across Evenly spaces the selected objects horizontally Down Evenly spaces the selected objects vertically Note The above commands require you to select three or more objects Page 60 Layout Center in Parent Submenu m Align Copy Paste X Move gt Make Same Size Space Evenly Center In Parent Horizontally H Bring to Front Vertically V Send to Back B Both C Toggle Grid G LL m m Toggle Keys Grid Settings Commands Horizontally Centers the selected objects horizontally in their parent Vertically Centers the selected objects vertically in their parent Both Centers the selected objects in their parent Page 61 Window Menu Window New Window Cascade Tile lrobtest keyone Canvas 2 2 2 robtest keyone Canvas 2 3 SVGA da keyone SuperVGA Window Menu Commands Opens a new window for the current keyboard The canvas selected in the current window will also be the current canvas in the new window Then you can switch canvas by selecting another canvas from the canvas list on the Canvas menu Cascade Arrange windows so they overlap Tile Arrange windows so they don t overlap Window List Selecting a window from the
3. update Causes Freefloat Key to refresh canvases during execution of multiple commands Page 65 Commands that do not have any return values return OK if the command was executed or Error followed by an error message if the command or one or more of its parameters were invalid The canvas parameter is the name of a canvas or a zero based index If a keyboard layout has three canvases valid canvas indices are 0 1 and 2 The delay parameter is specified in milliseconds Command responses are written to the command response file Page 66 7 Keyboard Shortcut Reference Menu Command or Action Key Sequence Alt F4 oe Delete Deal aa Keyboard Menu Ctrl F5 p S p Ctrl Left Arrow Ctrl Left Arrow 7 Align Vert Center Align Bottom Ctrl Down Arrow Move Left Move Right Right Arrow Page 67 Move Up Make Same Size Size Space Evenly Across Space Evenly Down Do Center In Parent Horizontally Center In Parent Vertically Center In Parent Both C Bring To Front Send To Back EA Toggle Grid Toggle Keys Toggle Move Objects by Mouse Misc Font Dialog for selected label s Shift Arrow key moves a selected object by 10 pixels Default Actions Pressing Enter when an object is selected executes a default action that depends on the type of object Not all object types have a default action Object Default Action Page 68 Transparent Area Page 69 8 Logon Keyboard
4. save As lrobtest keyone 2 SVGA sv keyone 3 Cr projekt cetest2 ke yone 4C projekt cetest keyone Exit File Menu Commands New Creates a new empty keyboard Open Opens an existing keyboard Close the current keyboard Save Saves the current keyboard Save As Saves the current keyboard with a new filename Recent File List Selecting one of the keyboards in the recent file list opens that keyboard Exit exis the Designer Page 50 Edit Menu Edit view Keyboard Canvas Lay dt IL EB Paste Cti4V T Commands Undo Undoes the last action Note Not implemented yet Open Redoes the previously undone action Note Not implemented yet Cuts the selection and puts it on the clipboard Copies the selection and puts it on the clipboard Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the currently selected object Paste Image Pastes the image on the clipboard Deletes the currently selected objects Selects all objects on the current canvas SelectAN pea Selects the next object on the same level as the currently selected object Selects the previous object on the same level as the currently selected object Page 51 View Menu Keyboard Canvas Layout Wind
5. 8 Big Nurmeric key Getting Started key Multi key OVGA key 5 SIP key i SVGA da key e SVGA de key E SVGA en key 8 SVGA en uk key ae SVGA es key i SVGA fr key 38 SVGA it key Page 79 kem e Senast ndrad 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 10 24 15 00 _ 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 _ k 10 Multiple Instances If the DWORD value BlockMultiplelnstances exists and is set to 1 under the registry key HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software Freefloat Key it isn t possible to run more than one normal instance of Freefloat Key at the same time Running Freefloat Key on the logon desktop from the Designer in preview mode or in API mode does not count as a normal Freefloat Key instance 11 Key Click Sound If you want a key click sound for better user feedback simply put a standard Windows wave sound file named click wav in the same folder as Freefloat Key Page 80 12 Windows CE Freefloat Key can be used on Windows CE devices and has been tested on the following variants of Windows CE Windows CE 4 1 Windows CE 4 2 Windows CE 5 0 Windows Mobile 2003 Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Windows Mobile 5 0 DDDODL Freefloat Key has very little dependencies and will probably work on versions other than the above mentioned Freefloat Key has been adapted
6. 2 Getting Started Overview When you install Freefloat Key shortcuts are created on the Start menu From the Start menu you can start the Designer this manual the Runtime Keyboard or one of the pre designed national keyboard layouts Starting the runtime keyboard with a pre defined keyboard Navigate to the Freefloat Key folder on the Start menu and then select the subfolder Keyboard Layouts Click on one of the keyboard layouts for example English The runtime now starts and loads the keyboard layout Fra Seng ur RCE RES RES E Ls ps A EPI A ELT a l ne amat re a eee eee STRIPS TRE rro a kere ME Cul ae English SuperVGA Keyboard Layout i elu Start Notepad or a similar program that accepts text input and try using Freefloat Key to input some text Page 9 Starting only the runtime Navigate to the Freefloat Key folder on the Start menu and then click on the shortcut Runtime Keyboard A dialog box appears asking you to choose which keyboard to load A lt ProgramData gt Freefloat Key gt Layouts 7 Ordna Ny mapp iat l H mtade filer WE Skrivbord Tidigare platser A Bibliotek E Bilder 4 Dokument amp Filmer a Musik Subversion jm Dator 88 SVGA da key E SVGA de key SVGA en key E SVGA en uk key HE SVGA es key HE SVGA fr key E SVGA it key Senast ndrad 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2 2012 09 05 14 45
7. de Layouts e ct Fr iamn senast andra Na Se drad Big Numeric key 2012 09 05 14 45 pa 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 08 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 MI j Fiformat Keyboards key Ait l Save As Dialog As you can see in the picture above you don t have to enter key after the name of the keyboard Select the Run command from the Keyboard menu to try out the keyboard you have just created The keyboard should appear in the top left corner of your screen change this to be the lower middle position of you screen by using the command Position on the Canvas menu Stop the running keyboard by clicking the Exit button Then start it again by using the Run command to test the new startup position of the keyboard canvas Please note that if you forgot to add an Exit key to a keyboard the keyboard can be exited by holding down Ctrl Shift Alt and clicking on a canvas with the middle mouse Page 15 button Another way to exit the keyboard is by terminating the process Keyboard exe Page 16 Adding a second canvas to your keyboard layout To add a new canvas to a keyboard layout you select the command Add from the Canvas menu Do this and then select the Canvas menu Note that at the end of the canvas menu all the keyboard s canvases are listed These can be used to switch to a different canvas that you want to edit Some notes on the windows in the Designer LJ You c
8. two different settings section below Keystrokes The sequence of key presses the key should generate when clicked on See the Notes section below for more information Notes Automatic Keystrokes When adding a normal key the Designer asks for a key text If the text is 0 to 9 A to Z F1 to F24 Return or Enter the corresponding key sequence is automatically added to the key Please note that this feature is only fully compliant with OWERTY keyboard layouts If you are uncertain record the key manually in your locale Fill Background This attribute controls whether the pressed and released appearances draw their background This makes the key appear transparent and the canvas background shines through on areas not occupied by objects within the key Most useful when creating a key containing bitmaps with a transparent color set Page 33 Records Keystrokes Selecting the Record Keystrokes command on the context menu of a normal key displays the Record Key Sequence dialog Virtual Key Code 52 Extended Injected E Cod ME MER Al Down Delay 2000 Up up Unicode 66 0x004 Remove Apply Insert Character Mew m MW Ignore Key Repeats w Filter Keys During Recording Record Delays Cancel Simulates the keystroke list add a couple of seconds in the Delay property of the first keystroke hit Play switch to a Removes the selected keystroke or Unicode entry from
9. Also note that the mouse cursor icon is changed to indicate that you can move the object To move the selected object press and hold down the left mouse button while dragging the object to a new position When pointing at one of the black selection markers the cursor icon is changed into a two headed arrow indicating that the object can be resized Fi F2 F3 pa To resize an object left click on one of the black selection markers and move the mouse Select Several Objects To select more than one object hold down the Ctrl key while left clicking on the objects Fi F2 F3 F4 If you have one or more objects selected and left click on a new object without holding down the Ctrl key the previously selected objects will be deselected and the new object will be selected Page 18 Deselecting Objects To deselect all selected object left click in an empty area on the canvas F1 E 53 F4 Selecting Objects Using a Selection Rectangle Left click on an empty area of the canvas and hold down the left mouse button while moving the mouse to create a selection rectangle Include the objects you want to select in the rectangle Note that you don t need to entirely enclose the objects to select them If there are no empty canvas area available the entire canvas surface is covered with objects you can hold down the Alt key to force the selection rectangle to be used To add objects to the current selection hold down the Ct
10. be canceled by clicking on the modifier again Sample Modifier Keys Attributes Determines the position of the key in its parent object The width and height of the key in pixels Background Color The background color of the pressed and released appearance two different settings section for Normal Key Generic Left t Right t Right t Al Gr Control f Generic Windows C Left C Let t Right Right Cancel Modifier Key Type Dialog Page 41 Mouse Click Key A Mouse Click Key is used to simulate a mouse click on the screen Click Sample Mouse Click Key Attributes Determines the position of the key in its parent object The width and height of the key in pixels Background Color The background color of the pressed and released appearance two different settings Fill Background Can be turned on or off See explanation in the Notes section for Normal Key Mouse Click The type of mouse click the key simulates The border of the pressed and released appearance Notes Mouse Click Key Propertie Screen Coordinate of Mouse Click X isad Mouse Button le Left t Middle Double Click Hide Mouse Cursor Hold down Shift and click in this Box amp drag to capture screen coordinate Cancel Modifier Click Key Properties Dialog Page 42 Sticky Key A Sticky key is used to lock modifiers In other words Modifier keys are not released when a non modifier key
11. for and tested on various screens for example OVGA VGA and SVGA Three different CPU types are supported on the CE platform ARMVA and successors MIPSII and x86 Blending is not supported by Freefloat Key on Windows CE because there is no support for blending in Windows CE itself Installation Installation of Freefloat Key on a Windows CE device is done by simply copying program and data files from your PC to the device You can use either a portable memory card stick or via an ActiveSync connection We recommend that you install Freefloat Key in a folder that is backed up by persistent memory Flash Some examples of flash folder names are Flash File Storage Storage Flash BACKUP etc The name varies between Windows CE versions and device manufacturers Please refer to the documentation for your device if you are uncertain After installing Freefloat Key on your PC the CPU specific files for Windows CE devices end up in the program data folder Which folder it is depends on the version of your PC s operating system Windows XP C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Freefloat Key Platforms Windows Vista Windows 7 C ProgramData Freefloat Key Platforms Page 81 Copy the files for the correct CPU type to an appropriately named folder on your device Please note that you also need to copy one or more keyboard layouts to the same folder on your device The easiest way to specify which keyboard layout that
12. service is to launch the installed keyboard on the logon screen A shortcut called Remove Logon Keyboard is created in Freefloat Key s Start menu folder Use this to remove any installed logon keyboard When uninstalling Freefloat Key any installed logon keyboard is also removed Please note that Freefloat Key does not replace the GINA the logon module since this is known to create problems with systems using alternate GINAs Windows Vista 7 8 Ctrl Alt Delete If the domain policy requires Ctrl Alt Delete the so called SAS sequence before the user enters his hers username and password you need to enable software simulated SAS To do this use the Group Policy Editor gpedit msc and navigate to the setting Computer Configuration Administrative Templates Windows Components Windows Logon Options Disable or enable software Secure Attention Sequence Enable this setting and set the value to Services Note Sas dil is used by Freefloat Key when simulating the SAS sequence In Windows Vista Sas dll is not available natively You must download the Windows 7 version of the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit SDK to use this function Set a keyboard as the logon keyboard Open the keyboard layout you wish to use in the Designer Select the option Use at Logon Screen on the Keyboard menu Save the keyboard layout Open the keyboard layout in the runtime for example by double clicking on the layout file in Explorer Th
13. should be loaded when you start Freefloat Key is by putting a text file called Localelnfo txt in the same folder as the Freefloat Key program files and layout file The following example makes Freefloat Key load the layout file SVGA en key default default SVGA en key If you launch Freefloat Key from a shortcut and you want to specify the layout on the command line please make sure you specify the full path to the keyboard definition on the command line for example FLASH Key Keyboard exe FLASH Key QVGA key Page 82 Pre defined Keyboard Layouts In the folder where you installed Freefloat Key there is a subfolder called Layouts There you will find QVGA key and SIP key SIP key has been adapted for use when running Freefloat Key as an input method IM OVGA key is suited for running Freefloat Key in a standalone fashion For Windows CE with SVGA 800x600 or XGA 1024x768 the SVGA xx key XGA xx key layout files can be used when running Freefloat Key as an input method Just copy and rename the layout to SIP key Also remember to use the Designer to remove the Minimized canvas and any Minimize buttons Running Freefloat Key as an Input Method Please note that you need to run Freefloat Key in standalone mode Keyboard exe at least once when you register the product on the device It is not possible to run Freefloat Key as an input method in demo mode To install uninstall Freefloat Key as an input method use the supplie
14. state it won t affect other applications Page 21 Inactivity Timeout p seconds 0 off Show Canvases Hide Canvases NOTE Please make sure that you specify a valid canvas in the Show Canvases list Leaving the Hide Canvases list empty hides all canvases except the ones in the Show Canvases list Cancel Inactivity Control Dialog Page 22 Canvas A canvas corresponds to mostly a rectangular area in which all visual objects are contained A keyboard may contain one or more canvases Ba E Num Caps Scroll Lock Sample Canvas with Objects Attributes Determines the screen startup position of the canvas The width and height of the canvas in pixels Background Color The background color of the canvas keys to reference canvases startup The amount of alpha blending the canvas should have see through style O means no blending and at 255 the canvas will be totally transparent in other words invisible when they are shown and hidden respectively Move Delay The amount of time the canvas needs to be held with touch screen or left mouse button before it switches into move mode This can be used to avoid inadvertent moving of canvases Anchored Canvases Tells Freefloat Key to move these canvases when the current canvas is moved This can be used to create a fold out canvas feature Border The border of the canvas If the Line Width of the border is set to zero no border is draw
15. the Visible attribute set Sets the blending attribute Fade Setsthefadespeed Move Delay Sets the move delay time Anchored Canvases Sets the canvases that should be anchored with the current canvas Sets the border attribute Add Adds various objects to the current canvas Page 54 Canvas List The names of the canvases are displayed here By selecting one of the canvases from this list changes the canvas to edit in the active window Page 55 Layout Menu Many of the layout commands for example Align Left use one of the selected objects as a reference object The reference object is always the object you selected last Layout Window Help Align Move Make Same Size Space Evenly Center In Parent Toggle Grid G Toggle Keys K Move Objects by Mouse M Grid Settings Layout Menu Commands Bring To Front Brings the selected objects in front of other objects Send to Back Sends the selected objects behind other objects Toggle Grid Toggles the layout grid on and off Toggle Keys Toggles all keys between pressed and released appearance Move Objects by Mouse Toggles whether the mouse should be used to move objects or not Grid Settings Displays the Grid Settings dialog Notes arid Spacing Width Jus pixels Height 0 pixels Cancel Grid Settings Dialog Page 56 Layout Align Submenu Window Help Jas Left Ctrl eft Move d
16. the same as the context menu of selected objects Split into two different commands to avoid confusion An object could be added more than once to the selection which resulted in a crash if the selected objects were deleted The sound for key clicks click wav is now being searched for in the same folder as the runtime executable Install folder changed for layouts changed to C ProgramData Freefloat 2010 04 21 Key Win 7 and C Documents and Settings All Users VFreefloat Key Win XP Modified layouts for a specific OEM version Rebuilt because 1 0 26 had a bug that caused Freefloat Key to stop 2010 06 24 working when used in Access One Standalone there was no problem Added the object types Canvas Position Label and Mouse Click Key 2010 12 13 Updated the licenser module to enable different licensing models Page 87 Bug fix The font properties of a battery label could not be modified Added the Command File feature 2011 09 21 Added feature for dumping canvases to bitmap files Switching from one canvas to another can now be done with the normal key object The switch key still exists for backwards compatibility Added the command Save As Default Key Look New product name Freefloat Key 2012 10 25 Added support for logon keyboard for Windows Vista 7 8 2013 04 29 Page 88
17. toggle Layout Move Objects by Mouse in Designer Page 86 1 0 19 1 0 20 1 0 21 1 0 22 1 0 23 1 0 24 1 0 25 1 0 26 1 0 27 1 1 0 Added the new objects Battery Bar and Battery Label 2008 05 09 A normal key with a Unicode value can now be used to create a key that generates a lower case international character and the upper case variant when Shift is down for example Fill Background property off now working correctly for the following object types Exit Key Modifier Key Position Key Sticky Key and Switch Key It is now possible to modify common properties when multiple objects are selected in more cases than before Bug fixed a third party component that crashed in in Windows Vista This 2008 08 26 only affected the Designer Adjustments made for Windows Vista install folders changed to make Vista UAC happy Some layouts did not have shortcuts in the Start Menu 2008 08 28 Fix When running Freefloat Key as a SIP on Windows CE the layout could 2008 09 09 not be specified via Localelnfo txt Update made to the API for external programs 2008 10 01 Updated the instructions for installing on Windows CE to reflect changes to install folder Added XGA layouts 2009 07 16 Added the Launch key object Updated the format of Localelnfo txt It now supports sections for different display resolutions The menu command for changing the border line width of a canvas was 2009 10 07
18. 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 2012 09 05 14 45 amp L Lokal disk C z T E SVGA no key 2012 09 05 14 45 _ Mise Filnamn Select Keyboard Dialog Note Since version 1 0 14 this dialog won t appear unless you have removed the file Localelnfo txt or made a special distribution of Freefloat Key Starting the Designer Click on the shortcut Designer in the Freefloat Key start menu folder The Designer appears E Keyboardl Canvas 1 Designer Page 10 Creating a simple keyboard layout Start the Designer if it isn t already running Set the canvas size to 150 pixels wide and 80 pixels high by selecting the command Size from the Canvas menu Width 150 pixels Height ed pels Lu tor Canvas Size Enter the width and height into the edit boxes and click on OK Now add a range of keys by selecting the Canvas menu then Add then Key and then the command Key Range Enter key texts separated with a comma For example DALE ALT YUP 10 ar a zu Key Texts ABC Cancel Add Key Range Page 11 Enter the text A B c as displayed above and click on OK Your keyboard should now look like this Keyboardl Canvas1 Sample Key Range Adjust the position of the three newly added keys until you are satisfied Now add an Exit key to the canvas by selecting Canvas Add K
19. O freefloat Freefloat Key version 2 1 User s Manual Contachng Freefloat 3t ES INE b EE 3 TE hatis Freeflodt Key O MU PAUL 6 What is mCluded in th package siens a vou V eo aea Hte Eee ae He ape euge p ooa Odes 7 A een adan E T E E ini tete nent S 8 Supported Platform Sirni nn Niels nes eiterenuedee ETE EAR laid tasses 8 La GENNA SIAVE B 9 O mer 9 Starting the runtime keyboard with a pre defined keyboard 9 Startno only the Euntlle nin 10 Staron the Desioner e nie ee 10 Creating a simple keyboard layout uiii ipee ooo segesenncecaienteteesseuteeraites 11 Adding a second canvas to your keyboard layout ss I7 3 Workin wilh the MOUS Hm 18 Selecting Moving and Resizing a Single Object ecsssssecccccssseecocssssececcsssseecesssssscesssssseee 18 AA A AA cc 18 Deselectn9 ODIO aii id did oe seu ea rude 19 Selecting Objects Using a Selection Rectangle eee e cree eee eere ee eee eee eee eere ee 19 Selecting SUD DECS ii 19 T ODIOCI SCD A A A 21 Opject ER AA A 21 A ES E E O A Re et ae 21 CAS a a O uf tet ae dene 23 Banery DAS ptos Un M sis SN LM Med a LL cure 28 Battery LaDE 29 Canvas POSO LA ce a 30 A O 31 RR 32 a A EN 33 A A A 37 EXT d 38 IEdutichi LA A ea Loa od M Ut dde li e 40 Mode RE EET 41 Mo
20. Shift F9 Horiz Center Make Same Sin Make Same Size 0 Right Ctrl4Right Space Evenl 2 m i 27 Top Ctrl up Center In Parent d Do Vert Center FS Bring to Front Send to Back Toggle Grid Toggle Keys Grid Settings Centers the selected objects horizontally Page 57 Layout Move Submenu Help Window Ea Copy MA Paste X Dele Left Left Arrow Make Same Size Right Right Arrow Space Evenly Up Up Arrow Center In Parent Down Down Arrow Bring to Front Send to Back B Toggle Grid G J on Toggle Keys Grid Settings Commands Moves the selected objects one pixel left Right Moves the selected objects one pixel right Up Moves the selected objects one pixel up Down Moves the selected objects one pixel down Page 58 Layout Make Same Size Submenu Layout Window H Make Same Size Space Evenly Center In Parent Bring to Front Send to Back B Toggle Grid G Toggle Keys Grid Settings Commands Resizes the selected objects to the same width as the last selected object Resizes the selected objects to the same height as the last selected object Size Resizes the selected objects to the same size as the last selected object Page 59 Layout Space Evenly Submenu Window Help Layout Copy A Paste E sil
21. The command format is as follows lt command gt lt parameter 1 gt lt parameter 2 Example setCanvasPosition 3 100 100 Page 64 6 1 Commands Command Parameters Comment getNumberOfCanvases Returns the number of canvases in the keyboard layout getCanvasName canvas Returns the name of the canvas getCanvasXPos Returns the x position of the canvas getCanvasYPos Returns the y position of the canvas getCanvasPosition canvas Returns the x and y position of the canvas getCanvasWidth Returns the width of the canvas getCanvasHeight Returns the height of the canvas setCanvasPosition Moves the canvas to the specified position snapCanvas canvas position Snaps the canvas to the specified location Returns 0 or 1 depending on whether the canvas is visible or hidden showAllCanvases Showsallcanvases 1 hideAllCanvases JHidesallcanvase setCanvasLabel canvas label text Sets the label text canvas and label are zero based indices It is only possible to set the text of labels that are directly placed on a canvas isKeyboardVisible Returns 0 or 1 depending on whether A leerlo showKeyboard Showsthekeyboard 7 hideKeyboard Hides the keyboard toggleKeyboard Toggles the keyboard _showMouseCursor Displays the mouse cursor hideMouseCursor _ Hides the mouse cursor 7 stop 2 Terminates Freefloat Key
22. There are differences between Windows 2000 XP and Windows Vista 7 8 in how logons are done Please refer to the appropriate section below for how to install Freefloat Key as a logon keyboard Windows 2000 XP Freefloat Key can be configured to start a runtime keyboard on the logon desktop screen This is useful if the target computer doesn t have a physical keyboard and the organization doesn t allow automatic password less logins Please note that you need to be logged in as a user with administrator rights to be able to install a logon keyboard To set a keyboard as the logon keyboard Open the keyboard layout in the Designer Select the option Use at Logon Screen on the Keyboard menu Save the keyboard layout Open the keyboard layout in the runtime The following dialog is displayed Freefloat Key One i x k 2 Would you like to install this keyboard as a logon keyboard Install Logon Keyboard Click on Yes Logout and login in again to test the keyboard on the logon desktop screen Page 70 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition e nes sisle minero EEE Rm Ly ala SSS E sfe fef w eR T v Ju fi ofp JA Fo m BR EIER Ja EN o F S TP Jo Tk Je JOA Siue Els fe ekeren TE le EEEE a Le O a ee 1 A Keyboard on the Logon Desktop Screen Page 71 Technical Details When a keyboard is installed to run on the logon desktop screen a Windows service is installed k1service exe The only purpose of the
23. an have several keyboard layouts open in the Designer handy when copying pasting object from one keyboard to another L You can have several canvases of the same keyboard open in separate windows at the same time A new window can be created by choosing Window New Window Q Two windows in the Designer can display the same canvas don t be confused LI By default only the first canvas is displayed in the Designer but there might be more canvases in the keyboard layout Check the list of canvases at the end of the Canvas menu Change the size of the new canvas to the same as the first 150x80 Choose Run on the Keyboard menu The newly added canvas should appear in the top left corner of the screen and it should be empty Try dragging it to another position by clicking and holding the left mouse button down for one second After a second the mouse cursor changes to four arrows The canvas can now be moved If you don t want a delay before moving of a canvas is activated choose the command Move Delay on the Canvas menu and set the move delay to 0 zero Note that this property is specific for each canvas Page 17 3 Working with the Mouse In the Designer the mouse can be used to select and move objects Selecting Moving and Resizing a Single Object Use the mouse to point at an object Fi F2 F3 F4 Then left click to select the object When an object is selected selection handles are displayed Fi F2 ES ue
24. arting Freefloat Key on logon screen Uninstall exe Uninstaller program Common Application Data Folder File Description FFK1 100 LIC Contains the license number when registered Application Data Folder File Description keyboard the system s current locale Layouts SVGA xx key Full QWERTY keyboard layout suitable for SuperVGA 800x600 or higher resolution xx denotes the language code for the layout Layouts XGA xx key Full QWERTY keyboard layout suitable for XGA 1024x768 or higher resolution Layouts IQVGA key Layout suitable for QVGA devices LayoutsiSIP key Layout suitable for QVGA devices when running Freefloat Key as an IM Input Method Layouts Big Numeric key Sample numeric keyboard with big keys Layouts Multi key Sample keyboard with reduced alpha numeric and function key canvases Platforms ARMV4 Executable modules for running Freefloat Key on ARM based Windows CE devices The same modules can be used on all ARM variants ARMV4 ARMVAI ARMVAT etc Windows CE devices Windows CE devices Page 7 Features DOO EDO OU O D ODODUO DOUCO OD QI Design tool with multi document multi view with copy amp paste The design tool is included in the product Grid and layout functions that makes it easier to design a keyboard Same design tool used for designing keyboards for Windows and Windows CE Fully emulates a physical keyboard In practice all you can do on a normal keyboard you can do w
25. be displayed if you try to copy other objects that won t fit into a canvas or another object Page 47 Rectangle A Rectangle can be used to make an area of the canvas in a different color and or for grouping other objects TEER Rectangle with Some Keys Attributes Position Determines the position of the rectangle in its parent object Size The width and height of the rectangle in pixels Background Color The background color of the rectangle The border of the rectangle Page 48 Transparent Area A Transparent Area is used for creating a hole in the canvas In the Designer the Transparent Area is shown as a checkered rectangle If a canvas has one or more transparent areas the application or the desktop behind the canvas will be visible in those areas zm Transparent Area Attributes Position Determines the position of the transparent area in its parent object The width and height of the transparent area in pixels Note A transparent area cannot contain other objects If you try to paste objects into a transparent area the following message is displayed f Copy Paste Error Copy Paste Error Message Page 49 5 Designer Command Reference This section describes all the menu command s available in Freefloat Key File Menu Edit View Keyboard Canvas Layout New Ctrl N pl Open ctrl 0 IQ save Ctri s Close f
26. cally load the keyboard layout corresponding to the current locale edit the registry key and remove the keyboard layout The value should now look like C PROGRA 1 FREEFL 1 FR3DD2 1 Keyboard exe logon y g Page 76 9 Specify Keyboard Layout on Startup There are three different ways of how tell Freefloat Key which keyboard layout should be used upon startup The priority order of how Freefloat Key determines which keyboard layout to load is 1 Command Line 2 Registry Key 3 Locale 4 Interactive each of which is explained below Command Line If you give the full path to a keyboard layout on the command line when starting Freefloat Key that keyboard layout will be loaded when Freefloat Key starts This alternative has priority over the keyboard layout registry key Registry Key If the string value Layout exists in the registry under the key HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software Freefloat Key that value is used as an absolute path to the keyboard layout file In Windows CE under the same registry key the value called SI PLayout is used for the keyboard layout for Freefloat Key when it is running as an input method IM Page 77 Locale When neither command line nor registry key is given exists Freefloat Key looks for a file called LocaleInfo txt This contains a mapping between the current locale and the keyboard layout file Here is an example of such a mapping 1024x768 00000419 SVGA ru key 0000041d SVGA sv
27. can be used to find out the coordinate for the click Page 30 Image An image can be placed directly on a canvas or inside another object To place an image inside another object first add it to the canvas then cut and paste it into the object Images inserted into a keyboard are embedded in the keyboard layout file so you don t have to copy all the images to the target platform Freefloat Key supports the Windows bitmap format in all different color depths 2 to 32 bit and types of compression RLE RGB The JPEG format is supported through automatic conversion to bitmap format Sample 3D Look Bitmaps on a Canvas Attributes Position Determines the position of the image in its parent object The width and height of the image in pixels Note This may be smaller or larger than the actual image data The image is scaled to the size of the image object Transparency Color Specifies the color where the bitmap should be made transparent Can be used to create the appearance of round or non rectangular shaped bitmaps Tip Use a bitmap drawing program such as Paint in Windows to find out the exact RGB values of the color that is used as the transparency color Border The border of the image Line Width is by default set to zero for image objects Page 31 Indicator An indicator is used to indicate the status of the keyboards LEDs Num Lock Caps Lock and Scroll Lock The default appearance of indicators is a border
28. ct A Battery Label object can t contain any sub objects Note This type of object can be used at the same time as a Battery Bar giving the user both a graphical view of the battery status as well as an absolute figure 100 Sample Battery Label Attributes Position Determines the position of the label in its parent object The font of the label Transparent Whether the background of the label should be transparent or not Background Color The background color of the label Only used if Transparent is off Text Color The text color Page 29 Canvas Position Label A Canvas Position Label is a text object that displays the current canvas position 95 392 Sample Canvas Position Label Attributes Position Determines the position of the label in its parent object The font of the label Transparent Whether the background of the label should be transparent or not Background Color The background color of the label Only used if Transparent is off Text Color The text color Notes The coordinate displayed in a Canvas Position Label is the screen position in pixels of the canvas on which the label has been placed This object type is intended to be used by keyboard designers It is helpful when there are no other tools available to determine a screen position for example on a handheld device If the designer wants to use a Mouse Click Key to simulate a mouse click somewhere on the screen this object
29. d RegSIP exe and UnregSIP exe programs Limitations L All canvases need to have the same width and height Q Only one canvas can be active displayed at the same time LJ Whether the keyboard can be moved or not depends on a registry key setting for the SIP LI Position keys have no function because an input method cannot control its own placement LJ Exit keys doesn t work since there is no way for an input method to quit Page 83 Appendix A Screen dump of canvases In version 1 2 0 and later it is possible to create bitmap files screen dumps of all canvases in a keyboard You need write permission to the folder CAKeyDumps on your pc Start Freefloat Key hold down Ctrl Alt and Shift and then right click on the currently visible Freefloat Key canvas Freefloat Key will display every canvas in the keyboard and save an image of the canvas When all canvases have been saved Freefloat Key exits Appendix B Default Key Look In version 1 2 0 of Freefloat Key the command Save As Default Key Look was added It is displayed on the context menu for normal key objects When you issue this command for a key the key s size background color label font and its size border widths and border colors are saved to a file The look of the key saved will be used for all key objects created The default look for keys are saved in the common application data folder for Freefloat Key usually C ProgramData Freefloat Key The filenam
30. e following dialog is displayed Page 72 Freefloat Key Install Logon Keyboard Click on Yes The file C ProgramData Freefloat Key LogonKeyboard txt is created The contents will be similar to this C PROGRA 2 FREEFL 1 FRA49B 1 Keyboard exe logon C ProgramData Freefloat Key XGA en key The service which you will install later on uses this information to find the Freefloat Key runtime module keyboard exe and which layout to load on the logon screen The following message is displayed when the logon keyboard information file was created successfully Freefloat Key Keyboard installed Please refer to the manual for information on how to install the Freefloat Key logon service Page 73 Install the logon service Start an administrator command prompt and run the command displayed in the image below EN Administrat r Kommandotolken Microsoft Windows Version 6 1 7661 1 Copyright lt c 2669 Microsoft Corporation Med ensamr tt C Mindous sustemi2 cd Program Files Freef loat Freef loat Key C Program Files Freef loat Freef loat KHey gt kiservice exe install Freefloat Key Logon Service installed Freefloat Key Logon Service started C o Program Files Freefloat Freefloat Key gt _ Note On a 64 bit Windows the path should be C Program Files x86 Freefloat Freefloat Key Make sure you use k1service7 exe and not k1service exe The service can be stopped and removed by using the option
31. e is key lt version gt default Page 84 Appendix C Version History Version Changes Date A lot of minor fixes and adjustments 2006 11 03 Splash window added so product version can be determined Document icon and keyone file type registration MFC memory leak fixed Fixes for logon keyboard on Windows 2000 Bitmap support 2 24 bit JPEG supported though automatic conversion 2006 11 20 New keyboard document version handles 1 0 1 documents Fill Background option on keys to allow keys with bitmaps to have transparent areas 1 0 3 Added the Clone Appearance command on keys in the Designer 2006 11 27 Added new keyboard layouts now the following layouts are included Danish English French German Italian Norwegian Portuguese Spanish Swedish Finnish Two layout commands used the same shortcut key H 2007 01 10 Fixed some minor drawing problems in Designer Completed the manual Re worked all default keyboard layouts so they use bitmaps for special symbols instead of labels in the Wingdings 3 font since that font isn t always present in all targets Added Undo Redo in the Designer 2007 02 14 Added mouse selection rectangle Page 85 Refined Windows CE support high DPI platform etc 2007 03 01 Splash window and license dialogs simplified and made smaller to make them usable on more screen sizes both in landscape and portrait modes Finalized input method version Tested on various Windows CE devic
32. es Files can now be opened in the Designer by dragging and dropping files from File Explorer New sample keyboard layouts added Big Numeric and Multi 2007 03 20 Added the Private Modifier option 2007 05 08 Added support for the MIPSII platform 2007 05 16 The keyboard layout that should be loaded on startup can now be specified in a registry key Added registry key for blocking multiple instances 1 0 10 A lot of changes done when integrating Freefloat Key into Access One 2007 06 05 Added an API from which Freefloat Key can be controlled Not documented yet 1 0 11 Added click sound feature 2007 10 03 1 0 12 Version 1 0 8 to 1 0 11 can t open layouts created with versions prior to 2007 11 01 1 0 8 This version addresses that issue 1 0 13 Solved an issue with accounts that had read only access to a registry key 2007 11 22 Only applicable for OEM versions 1 0 14 Added automatic selection of keyboard from the current locale 2008 02 12 1 0 15 Fix for running a layout from within the Designer 2008 02 19 1 0 16 Made it possible to use automatic selection of keyboard from the current 2008 02 22 locale when using Freefloat Key on the logon screen 1 0 17 Fix for problem with list box in licenser module 2008 03 28 1 0 18 Minor adjustments to national keyboard layouts 2008 04 15 Fix for Undo in Designer it erroneously set the visible attribute of the canvas Added Apply for all canvases in Blend dialog Added the
33. ey Exit Key Move the Exit key by first selecting it with the left mouse button and then dragging it to a position below the three other keys Center the Exit key horizontally on the canvas by first selecting the Exit key then selecting the command Layout Center In Parent Horizontally The keyboard should now look roughly like this 5 Keyboardl Canvas 1 Sample Exit Key Enlarge the size of the Exit key slightly by selecting the Exit key the click and hold the middle sizing handle on the right side of the key then drag to the right making the key about 50 pixels wide Click on the canvas area to make sure no object is selected Then hold down the Shift key on your physical keyboard and click with the left mouse button on the text E This is how sub objects are selected A sub object is an object which is contained within another object When the text E is selected press Enter on your keyboard The following dialog is displayed Page 12 Label Text 3 Label Text Enter the text Exit and click on OK As you can see the font of the Exit text is too large Now hold down Shift and then right click on the text Exit with your mouse Select the command Font from the context menu that appears Ctrl X Ctrl C Ctrl V Del Select All Ctrl A Select Mext Tab Select Previous Shift Tab Bring to Front Send to Back Label Position Transparent Background Color Text Color Label Context Menu The fon
34. ght of the key in pixels Background Color The background color of the pressed and released appearance two different settings section for Normal Key is exited The border of the pressed and released appearance Page 38 Confirm Exit Dialog If an Exit Password has been set the following dialog will be displayed when clicking Yes in the Confirm Exit dialog A password is required to exit FreeFloat Key Password om Exit Password Dialog The user needs to enter the correct exit password Freefloat Key itself can be used to enter the exit password Page 39 Launch Key A Launch key is used to launch external applications Attributes Position Determines the position of the key in its parent object The width and height of the key in pixels Background Color The background color of the pressed and released appearance two different settings section for Normal Key command line arguments to pass to it The border of the pressed and released appearance Notes Launch Applicatio Application Path Windows pward ene Arguments Flash DiskARobiLog tet cancel Launch Key Dialog Page 40 Modifier Key A Modifier key is used to simulate the keys Shift Ctrl Alt Alt Gr and Win Normally when a modifier key is pressed it stays down until a non modifier key is pressed This makes it possible to enter sequences like Ctrl Alt A on a touch screen A modifier key press can
35. h keys make sure you enter the canvas names exactly as they are named In other words CaNvAs 1is notthe same as Canvas 1 Removing a Canvas Take care when removing a canvas All objects on the canvas will also be removed Page 27 Battery Bar A Battery Bar is an object that can be put directly on a canvas or inside another object A Battery Bar object can contain sub objects Battery Bar and Battery Label objects only work on PC s and Windows CE devices that run on batteries AND supports the appropriate API s On regular Windows the API is called GetSystemPowerStatus and on Windows CE devices it is called GetSystemPowerStatusEx2 Sample Battery Bar Note For a non reversed vertical bar the bar is drawn in the foreground color from the bottom 096 and to the top 100 The default direction for a horizontal bar is left to right Attributes Determines the position of the battery bar in its parent object The width and height of the bar in pixels Vertical When checked the bar is vertically oriented otherwise it is horizontally oriented Reverse Reverses the direction of the bar Also swaps the width and height of the bar Example A reversed vertical bar grows from the top 0 towards the bottom 100 The foreground color of the bar Used to indicate how much capacity of the battery that is left Page 28 Battery Label A Battery Label is an object that can be put directly on a canvas or inside another obje
36. is pressed This makes it possible to enter key sequences such as Shift down A B C Shift up A Sticky key stays pressed until it is pressed again Releasing a Sticky key also releases any locked modifiers Sticky Sample Sticky Key Attributes Determines the position of the key in its parent object The width and height of the key in pixels Background Color The background color of the pressed and released appearance two different settings Fill Background Can be turned on or off See explanation in the Notes section for Normal Key The border of the pressed and released appearance Page 43 Switch Key A Switch key is used to switch between canvases Restore Min Sample Switch Keys Attributes Determines the position of the key in its parent object The width and height of the key in pixels Background Color The background color of the pressed and released m appearance two different settings Can be turned on or off See explanation in the Notes section for Normal Key Show amp Hide Determines which canvases should be shown and which should be hidden See Notes section for more information The border of the pressed and released appearance Hide Canvases Minmized 0 ced Show amp Hide Dialog The Show Canvases box contains a comma separated list of canvas names and determines which canvases should be shown when you click on the Switch key Hide Canvases determines which can
37. ith Freefloat Key and more Small resource demands the executable is between 50 and 100 KB data file for a full keyboard with some bitmaps is about 80 KB Canvases can be anchored allowing easy implementation of multi page keyboards Multi monitor aware The user needs to press and hold before the keyboard can be moved on the screen avoids inadvertent moving of the keyboard Each keyboard canvas has its own independent window External applications can be launched Modifiers can be set to be private so if for example Shift is left down it won t affect other applications Blending see through supported Fade in and fade out effect of canvases Battery objects for monitoring battery status in Windows Mobile and laptop PC s Very useful in full screen applications where any built in battery icon may not be visible A password can be required for exiting a keyboard Each key has its individual repeat settings independent of the Windows settings Keys can generate keystrokes and or Unicode characters Low level key recorder allowing nearly 100 of all key strokes to be recorded Key recorder can record key delays allowing real time macros to be recorded Windows 2000 XP Support for logon screen and the Ctrl Alt Del sequence non intrusive implementation does not replace the GINA logon module Integration API via UDP or text files Supported Platforms Windows Vista Windows XP XPe Windows 2000 Windows CE Pocket PC Windows Mobile Page 8
38. key 00000407 SVGA de key default SVGA en key When this file is used on a German Windows the file will be scanned for the German locale identifier 00000407 Freefloat Key will find and use the layout SVGA de key If the current locale can t be found the layout specified as default will be used In LocaleInfo txt there are different sections for display resolutions The file LocaleInfo txt should be placed in the same folder as keyboard exe When a keyboard layout has been found in LocaleInfo txt Freefloat Key tries to find it in 1 The current folder 2 The same folder as keyboard exe 3 The subfolder Layouts subfolder to the folder where keyboard exe is If you need to find out the current locale of a PC start keyboard exe with the command line option showlocale For Windows CE the functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer OEM and some devices may not support the API used to determine the locale Page 78 Interactive If you start Freefloat Key without any parameter on the command line and the keyboard layout registry key see below doesn t exist the Select Keyboard dialog will be displayed allowing you to select which keyboard layout to load Ordna My mapp m Hamtade filer NE Skrivbord El Tidigare platser Bibliotek Bilder En Dokument BE Filmer a Musik zy Subversion jE Dator Lokal disk C L gemensamma datafiler Mi Neptunu Filnamn
39. less rectangular area 10x5 pixels in size with a dark green background color in the released appearance and a light green background color in the pressed appearance The released appearance is used when the corresponding physical indicator is off and the pressed appearance is used when the indicator is on In practice indicators have the same visual features as a normal key In other words it can contain sub objects bitmaps labels and so on on both its released and pressed appearances E Num Caps Scroll Lock Lock Lock Sample Indicators Attributes Position Determines the position of the indicator in its parent object The width and height of the indicator in pixels The background color of the pressed and released appearance two different settings status of Num Lock Caps Lock or Scroll Lock The border of the pressed and released appearance Notes Toggle the keys to edit preview the released and pressed appearances of key objects t Mum Lock t Caps Lock C Scroll Lack Indicator Type Dialog Page 32 Normal Key A normal key is used to simulate ordinary keys on a keyboard Apart from its appearance it has a sequence of keystrokes associated with it The pressed appearance of a key is used when the key is held down otherwise the released appearance is displayed A 3 e Sample Keys Attributes Background Color The background color of the pressed and released appearance
40. list makes that window active Page 62 Help Menu About Designer Help Menu Commands About Designer Displays the About dialog Freefloat Ley ve 0 build 413 Copyright E 2006 2012 Freefloat 4B About Designer Dialog Page 63 6 Command File From version 1 2 0 Freefloat Key has a command file API Using this API an application can control Freefloat Key To activate the command file API a command folder needs to be specified for the keyboard layout You do this by opening the keyboard layout in the Designer and then selecting the command Command Folder on the Keyboard menu An empty value turns aff the command file function CAFreefloatkKey m Freefloat Key looks Far the file kep command txt in the command folder When the file is found the commands in the file are executed and then the file is removed Command responses are written to the file key response tet also in the command Folder Cancel The Designer does not check if the folder exists since the target may be a Windows CE device When a command folder has been set the Freefloat Key runtime will look for the command file in that folder The name of the command file is key command txt When Freefloat Key finds the command file it opens the file and executes the commands contained in it Multiple commands are supported All Freefloat Key commands gives a response Responses are written to the file ke y response txt
41. m 7T REVISTA o D di 77 Locales A AAA RRY 78 A easi e Decir S e fX oclo Eia ARE 79 10 Multiple Tra mmt 80 TE ICY CCR SOUNG Bl 80 L2 WV ANGOWS CE esses vae a EIE Ii l INSTALACION A hill AAN 81 Pre detined Keyboard Layouts dino eid ii iia 83 Running Freefloat Key as an Input Method cccccccsssssssccccccssssssscccscessssssccsssesssssecoees 83 O 83 Appendix A Screen dump Of CANVASES ccccccccrrrrsrrsssssssssssccccccccccccccccccccsssssssssccccccccscsseees Appendix B Default Key LOOK mi a ias Appendix C Version History Page 4 Copyright O 2006 2012 Freefloat AB Contacting Freefloat Support http support freefloat com Web http www freefloat com E mail mailto info freefloat com Page 5 1 What is Freefloat Key Freefloat Key is a configurable virtual keyboard that runs on Windows 2000 XP Vista 7 It also runs on Windows CE 4 x and 5 x and variations of these operating systems like Pocket PC Windows Mobile It consists of two major parts a design tool and a runtime module Page 6 What is included in the package Note The Application Data Folder and Common Application Data Folder are located at different places in Windows 2000 XP and Windows Vista User selected Application Folder File Description ExitPassword exe Support module for password control of runtime module Support module for licensing k1service exe Windows Service module used for st
42. n Page 23 Horizontal 0 pixels Vertical jo pixels Snap Canvas Window Upper Left Upper Middle Upper Right C Lower Lett Lower Middle Lower Right Width at pixels Height 220 pels NI Size Dialog Cancel Edit Canvas Name Dialog Page 24 Motel Fading i not supported on Windows CE or Pocket PC Cancel Fade Dialog Blend O 12 completely opaque na transparency and 100 ts completely transparent invisible Motel Blending is not supported on Windows CE or Packet PL Blend Dialog L mms ge A Transparent Canvas If you use Fade or Blend make sure you test the keyboard on the target platform The performance of both Fade and Blend depends on the graphics hardware capabilities Page 25 Move Delay 1000 millisecands Specifies the time the lett mouse button or touch panel has ta be held before the canvas can be moved Cancel Move Delay Dialog Page 26 Anchored Canvases Digit Lancel Anchored Canvases Dialog Nyans 160 Mattnad 240 Gran Definiera anpassade Farger gt gt FarglRen farg Ljusstyrka 228 Bl 255 Lagg till anpassade f rger BERET ELLE EN BEEN EN REED EN HIS EH EHEHEH Background Color Dialog Note that all dialogs where you can select a color look the same Line width i pixels ces Border Line Width Dia Line Width Dialog Canvas Names When using Switc
43. remove The name of the Freefloat Key logon keyboard service is FFKeyLogonService Restart Windows to verify the logon keyboard is started on the logon screen Troubleshooting To enable logging in the logon keyboard service create a file called logging no file extension in the folder C Program Files Freefloat Freefloat Key The log will be written to C ProgramData Freefloat Key Servicelog txt Page 74 Security considerations When the installation is finished and tested the access rights for the file C ProgramData Freefloat Key LogonKeyboard txt must be limited for regular users to read only If not any user can modify it to launch a program on the secure desktop for example a command prompt with Local System rights Page 75 Auto detecting locale for logon keyboard Note The information below also applies to Windows Vista 7 8 but instead of a registry key and value you need to modify the file C ProgramData Freefloat Key LogonKeyboard txt If you configure a keyboard layout to be used as a logon keyboard according to the instructions in the beginning of this section a registry key is created The string value LogonKeyboard in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Freefloat Key is set to the following Note The actual layout and paths may be different on your system C PROGRA 1 FREEFL 1 FR3DD2 1 Keyboard exe logon C Program Files Freefloat Freefloat Key Layouts logon key To make Freefloat Key automati
44. rl key while selecting with the selection rectangle the Ctrl and Alt modifier keys can be combined Note It is only possible to select top level object using the selection rectangle Selecting Sub Objects Sub object objects within other objects can be selected by holding down the Shift key while left clicking on the sub object Page 19 If you need to select multiple sub objects combine the Shift and Ctrl keys Note You can only select multiple sub objects if they are within the same parent object Also only sub objects on the same nesting level can be selected Page 20 4 Object Reference This section describes all the different objects in Freefloat Key Object Hierarchy A Freefloat Key keyboard contains one or more canvases Each canvas can contain one or more objects Most object types can themselves contain sub objects Each canvas corresponds to a window at runtime Keyboard The keyboard is the central object that contains all other objects The keyboard has no visual appearance itself Attributes Exit Password If a string is given for this attribute the user must enter that string before he she is allowed to exit the runtime keyboard should be hidden after the specified inactivity time install itself as the logon screen keyboard Private Modifiers When set modifier keys are not simulated until just before and just after a normal key is pressed which means while if modifier are left in a depressed
45. t dialog is displayed Page 13 gms e j ie o empus Sans I TC imes New Roman rebuchet M5 UPCA 100 Effekter Genomstruken LUnderstuken Font Dialog Change the Font style to Regular and the Size to 12 An important thing to remember about keys they have two different appearances the released appearance and the pressed appearance To display the pressed appearances of all keys select the command Toggle Keys on the Layout menu Keyboardl Canvas 1 Pressed Appearance As you can see the change in text font style and size only affected the released appearance of the Exit button Hold Shift and left click on the E text to select it Then select the Delete command on the Edit menu The pressed appearance of the Exit key should now be empty Toggle back to the released appearance of the keys by selecting Layout Toggle Keys again Right click on the Exit key and select the command Clone Appearance on the context menu All the objects in the released appearance are now copied to the pressed appearance and moved slightly down and right Press the key Kon your keyboard several times to change between released and pressed appearances Page 14 Adjust the height of the Exit key to 26 pixels and center the key horizontally again E Keyboardl Canvas1 Center Key Save your keyboard in a folder of your choice just remember where giving it the name Getting Started key Spara i
46. the keystroke list Applies changes to a keystroke or Unicode entry Inserts an empty Unicode entry into the keystroke list Page 34 Recording Options Ignore Key Repeats When set key repeats are ignored and not stored in the keystroke list Filter Keys During When set the keys you press during recording If not Recording enabled for example recording the Escape would not be possible since it would close the dialog Record Delays Set this if you would like to record a real time keyboard macro The Keystroke Properties user interface elements are displayed when selecting a keystroke in the keystroke list Keystroke Properties Virtual Key Code The internal Windows key code Scan Code The physical key code the code that the keyboard sends to the computer Delay The amount of milliseconds to wait before sending this keystroke Normally zero but bear in mind Windows Terminal Services is known to have problems with too fast key simulations in full screen mode Extended The keystroke is from an extended key like Home End etc This keystroke was recorded from an application generating the keystroke programmatically The Alt key modifier was held when the keystroke was recorded The keystroke is the up event of a key being released The hexadecimal constant of the Unicode character the key should generate Tip Use Character Map application in Windows to find out the Unicode value of the special character you
47. use Clickea dali 42 wise Qd Ar aa P TFC 43 SL A ETE 44 E 21 at OS 46 Rectane lessi dio 48 Transparent ATCT AAA 49 3 Designer Command Referene i eee Rda REN NIE RUE 50 File Men erc S0 Edo nica 51 blo A B 52 Keyboard Menus ninas 53 Canvas MAA il 54 Layout Vel toa italiano olaaa 56 Edyout ANG SUM A A uisa flt qo adt di rdc 57 Layout Move SUMMER O A het 58 Layout Make same Size SUDITIe HU ia bath eot irte elite ten one dud lien aed oun 59 Layout Space EVER SUD HU a dos iva 60 hay out enter m Para UNA Alan 61 Window Melli ida 62 Help Mean id 63 UNE Commande AA m 64 6 1 Commands nt EE Pe MN NS dispo idee ii int 65 7 Keyboard Shortcut RE CONCE essences eee dents RRA 67 Default ACUOS 421 2 E A A A droites ete 68 b LOGOM ICC DONT went intei 70 Windows 2000 X P nina ide aa cata termites dite 70 Bee oF i cers FDE detenti ep MU netus excea mm ee DRT Soe ou en 72 Windows VISA 7 Bain in e done 72 CEAN DEIE c PM 72 Set a keyboard as the logon keyboard 12 Install The IOS ON SEVICE aaas UE ota 74 A A dt equ LtIM A e COR aun dM cDNA EE 74 Secur Consider ALI ONS lan 75 Auto detecting locale for logon keyboard esssossseeccossssecccosssseecocossececosssseessossssscessssseseessssos 76 9 Specify Keyboard Layout on Startup ecce eee e eee ee eere e eene eene eee ette e eee sees aas nae ZZ Command bir
48. vases should be hidden when you click on the Switch key Canvases that are hidden with a Switch key are added to a list of canvases that has been hidden and then if you click on a Switch key with the option Restore Hidden Canvases selected all the canvases in the hidden list are restored This feature makes it possible to minimize and restore canvases independently Page 44 Page 45 Label A Label is a text object that can be put directly on a canvas or inside another object A Label cannot itself contain any other objects Sample Label Sample Label Attributes Position Determines the position of the label in its parent object Size The width and height of the label in pixels This is determined by the font properties and can t be set directly The text of the label The font of the label Transparent Whether the background of the label should be transparent or not Background Color The background color of the label Only used if Transparent is off Text Color The text color Notes Make sure the font you select for the label is present on the target platform where you intend to use the keyboard When you change the font size of a label that is inside another object the label might get larger than the parent object Then if you try to make a copy of the parent object including the too large label you might get the following error message Copy Paste Error Message Page 46 The above message can also
49. want to use Unicode Shifted New for version 1 0 19 The hexadecimal constant of the Unicode character the key should generate when Shift is down or Caps Lock is on Page 35 M Repeat Repeat Delay Repeat Rate Repeat Dialog Page 36 Position Key A Position key moves the canvas window to a predetermined position or snaps the canvas at the corners of the desktop area CPE Sample Position Keys Attributes Determines the position of the key in its parent object The width and height of the key in pixels Background Color The background color of the pressed and released appearance two different settings Fill Background Can be turned on or off See explanation in the Notes section for Normal Key Canvas Position Specifies the position the canvas window should be moved to then the Position key is clicked The border of the pressed and released appearance Horizontal O pixels Vertical O pixels Snap Canvas Window t Upper Left t Upper Middle t Upper Right t Lower Lett t Lower Middle t Lower Right Cancel Set Canvas Position Dialog The canvas window can be moved to an absolute screen pixel coordinate or to one of the snap positions Page 37 Exit Key An Exit key exits the keyboard If the keyboard has an exit password set you need to enter the correct password x Sample Exit Key Attributes Determines the position of the key in its parent object The width and hei
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