Designing a keypad (form)

10 Mar 2009 2:48 PM

Geo

I would like to create a form (using VB5) containing a 100 key keypad layout.
This is to enable design/movement of the key legends and their associated
functions.
The data would eventually be used to create a template for the keys and a file
of their control functions.
What would be the best control(s) to use on the form - I suppose an array of 100
command buttons is possible but seems unwieldy.
A fixed scale printout will be required for the template e.g I will need to
place the "keys" on a suitable grid within an L-shaped outline.

Any suggestions or pointers to similar projects?

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Geo

10 Mar 2009 7:08 PM

Larry Serflaten

"Geo" <hw9j-s5hw@dea.spamcon.org> wrote
> I would like to create a form (using VB5) containing a 100 key keypad layout.
> This is to enable design/movement of the key legends and their associated
> functions.
> The data would eventually be used to create a template for the keys and a file
> of their control functions.
> What would be the best control(s) to use on the form - I suppose an array of 100
> command buttons is possible but seems unwieldy.
> A fixed scale printout will be required for the template e.g I will need to
> place the "keys" on a suitable grid within an L-shaped outline.
>
> Any suggestions or pointers to similar projects?

Why not take a photograph of a real 100-key keyboard and edit out
the key lables. You'd then have the exact layout of the keys, which
you could load into a Picturebox to lable as you wish. Once labeled
as you want, (printed text on the keyboard image) the composite
image would be easily sent to the Printer....

LFS