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Chapter 3: Property Descriptions and Usage

InputEditMode

Applies to

EditMask, ListView, ListBox, DropDownListBox, MultiLineEdit, SingleLineEdit, and TreeView controls

You can also change the input edit mode of DataWindow columns. For more information, see the Edit or EditMask properties in the DataWindow Reference.

Description

For applications that you deploy to a Pocket PC device or emulator, you can use the InputEditMode property instead of the system SetSIPType function to set the SIP type for an edit control. On Smartphone platforms, you can use the InputEditMode property to set the Multipress or T9 edit modes for an edit control.

The default value of the InputEditMode property is 0. The default value does not change the current SIP type on a Pocket PC or the current edit mode on a Smartphone. The table that follows lists InputEditMode values that are particular to the Pocket PC or Smartphone platforms:

Values for the Smartphone keypad

Values for the Pocket PC SIP

1 = Numeric mode

11 = Keyboard mode

2 = T9 mode

12 = Jot mode

3 = Multipress lowercase mode

13 = Block mode

4 = T9 uppercase mode

14 = WordLogic mode

5 = T9 first letter uppercase

15 = Transcriber mode

6 = Multipress uppercase mode

16 = Fitaly SIP

7 = Multipress first letter uppercase

Usage


In a painter

StepsTo change the input method edit mode for an edit control:

  1. Select the input method you want in the Input Edit Mode drop-down list on the Other page of the control’s Properties view.

NoteDo not set in script Do not set this property in script. InputEditMode property values are cached in internal structures for performance reasons.





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