I noticed in many programs that when you interact with the touchscreen it gets locked out of getting touched in other places. For example......... in the unblock parked car game you move a car by touching and sliding it... and while you are slidig it any input anywhere else on the screen is blocked out. Is that because instead of programming the touch from scratch the app author is using some premade gesture? Is it possible to have the touchscreen open to input even while it's being touched somewhere?
case example: suppose I have a drawing application. I want a virtual button in the corner and when I press and hold that button down touching the screen goes into erase mode instead of draw mode. Would that be possible? Would holding down the virtual button block the input on the rest of the screen so you couldn't erase? Or is this possible?
It is possible as long as you know how to code it.
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Hi,
I wonder if some of you guys know how lock the keypad and buttons of the Tornado.
My PDA HTC has this option, lock all the buttons except On/Off.
I can't find this funcionality in the Tornado.
When you have the mobile in the pocket, sometimes a call is performed....
Thanks guys.
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Press and hold the red phonebutton to lock the keys. That's one way but I hope there are other ways, 'cause there's no way to lock the buttons without leaving the program you're in at the moment...
...found out that you also can reach this function through the menu you reach when pressing the on/off-button. But it works the same way.
THANKS PTER!!!!
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Nice way, until now i used locking the keys through settings-protection (7)- block phone (1). Here you can enter a password and also a timeout after the block enters automatically. So I use a single digit password, and is similar the same.
But your way is maybe better, but is there also a feature to acitvate the block automatically?
Also see this forum which has lots of good stuff:
http://www.modaco.com/HTC_Tornado_and_Variants-f169.html
So I've got PocketGBA installed, and it runs much smoother than Morphgear. The problem is, that when you set it to run in landscape, which is known as "vertical" mode for some reason, the screen is upside down. So you'd have the keyboard out, but the games run upside down.
Is there anyway to fix this, or a program to set screen orientation temporarily or whatever?
Thanks
I actually just play it that way, leaving the keyboard slid out on the top and assigning the keys.
Assigning keys this way is wierd, because with the keyboard open the onscreen buttons are off. So what I do, is with the keyboard closed... select your first key to assign, then slide the keyboard open and press a button.
You should see the button press take. To continue, close the phone then select another onscreen button to assign, open keyboard and press the selected physical button to map it.
Do this for all the required button assignments, opening and closing the keyboard each time. Once your done you shouldn't have to do it anymore.
Then just play with the keyboard open, with the screen facing you.
A fix would be nice though, but I don't know if the author of PocketGBA is still around or is the source is even available any more. It seems that there isn't an interest in working emulators for PocketPCs anymore. The ones we have are YEARS old and are bug prone. Finding the right Emulator is finding one that has bugs you can live with.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427805
I don't think that will work. It is the PocketGBA software that rotates the screen. Even if you forced the screen to display the orientation correctly, I think the program will have all the touchscreen interface offset (just like what happens when you open the keyboard). I will try it though.
Hi,
I have a touch dual and I'm using a Blackberry pouch (they're the most comfortable). My issue comes from the magnet. It seems to trigger the slide-out keypad action (as soon as any magnet comes close to a particular area on the back of the phone, the action is triggered) and it unlocks the phone / turns on the screen.
Is there a way to prevent the "slide open" action from turning on the screen/unlocking the phone.
I would want to avoid putting a password on it since Winmo doesn't allow you to see the home screen where there is one.
Thank you in advance for your advices!
Update:
Tried adding the SlideWakeup=0 key to HKEYLM\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KYBD\
And it didn't work.
For the moment, I'm using S2U2 to keep the phone "locked"
Hi guys,
My digitizer has died, and till the new one comes I was thinking of how I could use my T7272, I can write the SMS fine, but I can't send them out, cause the button is on the screen itself... is there a rom I could use freely w/o using the touchscreen?
P.S.
Is the digitizer hard to replace?
You could check out AE Button; it has some options like button presses that will activate soft buttons. I suspect you could send sms's using it. You could also try using mortscripts with AE button that will do stuff you need. There are some pretty simple scripts that will simulate screen taps, and you could assign them to a button push. I'd rather have a working touchscreen, though.
Here are some of the commands:
# 91: startmenu (on some devices it might be home button)
# 92: back key (not the backspace key but back key for closing applications which is available on some devices such as diamnd or blackstone)
# 93: menu key
#112: left softkey
#113: right softkey
#114: accept call (green button)
#115: hang up (red button)
#117: volume up
#118: volume down
#126: data disconnect
#127: toggle speaker
#133: devicelock
#223: power off
I use one to lock the device. Basically, you just put this:
Code:
sendspecial(133)
in a .txt file, and change the extension to .mscr. I call it Lock.mscr, and I have it assigned to a few different actions (like when a call comes in, a script locks the phone). So, sendspecial(112) and sendspecial(113) might help you out. There's also one for hitting 'Ok' in popups, which would probably work for you. I can't find it, though (google 'sendspecial' and you'll find it, it's all on msdn).
Anyway, if you install mortscript (maybe you already have it) as well as AE Button, you could assign button pushes to carry out those actions. Just stick the scripts somewhere easy, like the start menu, and it will be easy to set up.
If you want to get more complicated, there are also mortscript commands that simulate button pushes on the screen. You could set one up that would do just about anything. Also, SK Schema does similar stuff. You can write fairly simple sequences of button pushes that will do just about anything. This is one that I use that runs SK Tools Pim backup (I have it scheduled to run every night in the middle of the night).
#r(\windows\sktstart.exe) #p(STH:20)
#tap(146;602) #sleep(15000)
#tap(110;533) #sleep(500)
#tap(339;455) #sleep(500)
#tap(126;604) #sleep(500)
#tap(114;84) #sleep(500)
#tap(146;99) #sleep(5000)
#tap(310;254) #sleep(90000)
#tap(433;602) #sleep(10000)
#pwr() #sleep(10000)
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Basically, the backup tool gets launched in line 1, then there are a bunch of screen taps (w/ delays, to make sure everything is ready) in the menus to get the right options selected, followed by turning the device off.
I`m not sure... But i saw somewhere app that emulate a mouse (cursor) and you will be able to control this mouse with your D-pad... But I can be wrong...
I can't install that mortscript w/o the touchscreen though..damn it..: )..
Get MyMobiler, and use it to run your device off of a pc. You should be able to get that working.
So basically i have been trying to find a good controller from my android to my PC, i cant even find one with two joysticks.
anyway my main question is. Is there a virtual controller for android that uses motion patterns instead of a virtual buttons, for example if i swipe in a half circle clockwise it is the x button or if i swipe to the left on the left side its the square button. instead of always accidentally miss hitting a button or excreta. dont know if this would really work either but in theory it seams like it would.