Thread: Garmin Mobile PC OSK and More - RELEASE

OK, I sped this thing up to damn near instant. It went from about 20 lines of code down to TWO.
No find feature, doesnt need it.
No voice features, NOT NEEDED either.
simple send key that is all. BUT FAST
Jimmy Johns Fast..
There is probably about a .05 sec delay from button press to key typed in text box.
RR doesnt respond to button presses that fast so I dont think this script being any more speedier matters.
Plus it will work with any Front end that can run an external commandline program.
Download from first post.

The big difference here was how the command was handled.
before the program did mulitple things before it would send a command.

First it would Check if RR was running - who cares if it is,
Next check for garmin if it is running - Not necessary because if it wasnt you wouldnt use this,
Next Activate the garmin window - Obsolete idea for send key usage. Instead of using a send function I used controlsend which sends the key directly to garmin no matter if it is active or not.
But the biggest improvement was taking out all the mumbling in between with the find command. I had a command line flag that would operate a mouseclick in to the text box. No longer necessary with the control send command. If you loose focus from the text box simply get focus again by touching it. You would have to do this if using a normal keyboard or even a regular OSK. FIND COMMAND - garbaged

Anyway give this a shot and tell me what you think. It is definitely a lot faster.

the new fast version is just that. A lot more like what you'd expect from an OSK.

Originally Posted by veiloctane

looks promising great work!!!

i need help embedding this into bmv2 skin any help appreciated!!


thanks

This is a very simple script, read the instructions....

Blades-Edge is on the edge of finished. Of course everytime I turn around I think of something cool and new to do with it. But I like to give it tons of testing to make sure I have something good before I can say it is done. As of now, I only have a few more screens to make and it will be ready for a first release.

Originally Posted by SpecialEd

I Read these instructions:

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Simply put, how did you incorporate this into your skin? Not looking for someone to hold my hand, just need to get pointed in the general direction.

In te zip file for the Garmin Send Key script there is an HTML file called instructions. This will really help alot.
You will also have to create an OVERLAY skin using the elcosmenu overlay plugin. This will allow you to create a skin that will display on top of Garmin. This is how the OSK is being created.
THis really is not Newbie territory but if you want to dive right in to the mess we call RR, then feel free to give this a shot as well.
Good luck hope this clears up some of your answers.