SIPMode (Function)

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Keyboard icon for the Mobile Device (Pocket PC)
Managing errors
ARM v4T processors (and compatible processors)
Differences between GO mode and runtime

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SIPMode (Function)

In french: ClavierMode

Allows you to:

find out the keyboard currently used.
change the keyboard currently used.

Example

// --Entry process of a control
// Retrieve the list of available keyboards
KeyboardType is string = SIPList()
IF Position(KeyboardType, "Transcriber") <> 0 THEN
// Select the "Transcriber" keyboard
SIPMode("Transcriber")
// Enable the selected keyboard
SIPVisible(True)
END

Syntax

Modifying the keyboard currently used Hide the details

<Result> = SIPMode(<Keyboard to use>)

<Result>: Character string

Type of keyboard currently used before the call to this function.
Empty string (""). If the Mobile Device is using an external keyboard, the function may not be available and it may return an empty string ("").

<Keyboard to use>: Character string (with quotes)

Type or identifier of keyboard to use. The type and identifier of the keyboards available on a Mobile Device are returned by SIPList.

Finding out the keyboard currently used Hide the details

<Result> = SIPMode()

<Result>: Character string

Type of keyboard currently used,
Empty string (""). If the Mobile Device is using an external keyboard, the function may not be available and it may return an empty string.

Remarks

Keyboard icon for the Mobile Device (Pocket PC)

The icon representing the Mobile Device keyboard (

for example) allows you to manage the use of keyboard.

Managing errors

Caution: SIPMode returns no error code. To find out whether an error was generated by this function, use the ErrorOccurred variable. If an error occurs, you can get the details of the error with ErrorInfo.

ARM v4T processors (and compatible processors)

SIPMode cannot be used on a Mobile Device equipped with an ARM v4T processor (or with a compatible processor).

Differences between GO mode and runtime

In GO mode (simulation on the development computer), a WLanguage error is generated during the call to SIPMode.

The differences between GO mode (simulator) and runtime are presented in Differences between GO mode and runtime.

Business / UI classification: UI Code

Component: wp260ce.dll