If the touch screen emulates a mouse, then you could do something in HTML + Javascript. It wouldn't have anything to do with PHP, just a mouse driven entry page in HTML. You could put Internet Explorer (or most other browsers) in "kiosk mode" (aka "full screen mode") to hide the fact that it's in a browser (and hide the OS behind it). If you wanted to create a non-web server and HTML based solution, then the two main GUI's available for PHP would be GTK (multi-OS but ugly I think, http://gtk.php.net/) and Winbinder if you want Windows-native GUI functionality (http://winbinder.sourceforge.net). I've been a big fan of Winbinder since I saw the initial announcement and finally got a chance to check it out this weekend. Great stuff! Even though it's on "version 0.31 pre-alpha", it should be stable enough to create an on screen keyboard that lets you enter data its own window. You could probably get it to send keypresses or raw data to other applications using one of the following: 1. COM - for interprocess communication in Windows 2. php_ffi - For loading 'foreign' DLLs (http://pecl.php.net/package/ffi) 3. DDE - Dynamic Data Exchange in Windows (sorry, can't find a good example quickly.. I've seen some things with PHP talking to WinAmp which I believe was through a DDE call, but maybe I'm getting it confused with something else) DDE and COM let you talk directly to an application and give it commands. Loading a DLL might let you do the same thing. Just some thoughts. It's probably easiest to either do the HTML + Javascript or do the Winbinder or GTK method. But it all depends on what you need. Good luck! Let us know what you end up doing. -TG > -----Original Message----- > From: balwantsingh [mailto:balwantsingh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 4:09 AM > To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [PHP-DEV] KEYBOARD > > > May pls. help me. > > Can anybody guide me whether virtual keyboard can be made using PHP. > Actually i am developing a site for our internal use where we > will not give > keyboard to user, the data can be entered by help of > touchscreen pasted on > the monitor. > > with best wishes > balwant -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
