(keitai-l) Re: external keypad interface to P503i

From: rolf van widenfelt <rolf_at_pizzicato.com>
Date: 06/17/01
Message-ID: <3B2CEE3B.1BFF5AB@pizzicato.com>
it's really a pity that they didn't treat the external keys identically
to the built in keys.

-rolf


> 
> Here's a big drawback I have to report with using the P503i handling of 
> external keyboard data -
> it doesn't really work inside of Java. The external keypresses are not 
> reported as
> IAppli events. When inside of the Java VM, the only place that external 
> keypresses
> are visible is when a TextBox component is selected for text entry. Then, 
> the keypresses
> show up in the text box, but none of the other control command work, like 
> Submit or
> up arrow or down arrow.
> 
> So .. the external keypad interface is useless for sending data 
> automatically into Java programs :-(
> 
> It works fine for controlling i-mode apps using the phone's built in 
> firmware browser though.
> 
> Next plan is to get the external keypad for the N503i, and see if that has 
> more fortuitous
> handling of external keyboard in it's Java implementation.
> 
> Henry

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Received on Sun Jun 17 20:42:36 2001