lukabelingar/autokb

Implementation of virtual keyboard for Beckhoff TF2000 1.12.

AutoKB

Implementation of a virtual system keyboard for Beckhoff TF2000 1.12.+

Keyboard pops up with a different layouts, numeric or (possibly localized) text. It centers on a screen and displays:

• indirect windows with value to edit
• range indicator, if applicable
• hides password

Tested

1.12.758.8, 1.12.760.37

Use

1. Copy the AutoKeyboard folder('s contents) to your project.
2. Insert one AKB usercontrol to each your .view. Size it accordingly to your needs, then you may hide it away (visibility = collapsed) for development purposes.
3. Add your keyboard layouts. Make sure to use INDIRECT keyboards.
4. Adjust AKB's parameters for different keyboard layouts. If the parameter is a localized string, keyboard's layout is language-dependent. Do NOT modify the keyboard's layout directly.
5. Bonus step: if a dark theme is going to be used, also copy over the dark-indirect.css file.

Ceveat

TypeScript is used, so it won't work in the TcShell directly, as it lacks the TS transpiler.

autokb's Issues

Clear input

Hi,
I am trying to add a clear input button, which will empty the input string. I wonder if there is already a code and internal handler for it. I couldn't find any documentation. Even "PlusMinus" is not documented :)
If there is no code for that, how can I bind the key to custom js handler?

Thanks

Concept

Hi,
This is actually question. I have HMI display without keyboard/numpad. What are my options of having on-screen keyboard beside your framework, while my TwinCAT HMI app is in full screen? Is there any built in on-screen keyboard supporting HMI TF2000? Windows has some keyboard itself, but it doesn't show up automatically when you press on input. Is it currently the only way(to manually show up TcHmiKeyboard or use your AutoKB framework) to have keyboard in our TwinCAT HMI applications?

Thanks for sharing your implementation.