Welcome to InputShow
Version 1.0
10.10.2002
Introduction
It is both unique teaching tool for teachers to show clicking mouse and
typing keyboard on screen under any complicated operation circumstance which
may be broadcasted to students in a classroom by network or projector, and
great onscreen keyboard for any person who prefer typing with point device
such as mouse, tablet pen, touch screen, trace ball, and so on, rather than
keyboard. As an onscreen keyboard program, it is different from other one that
not only its functions are almost as same as device keyboard but also its
surface can be replaced by customer to accord with the appearance of student's
device keyboards in the classroom if he/she is a teacher. Furthermore, it can
focus on any style edit field correctly.
System requirements
- Windows 9x/Windows Me Operating System;
- IBM compatible;
- Windows-compatible pointing device;
- True Color or HiColor display adapter and monitor, 800 X 600 pixels or above (recommended)
Note:
If your operating system is Windows 95, please install Microsoft
DirectX.
Download/Upgrade
- Download
Install/Uninstall
- Install: First,You must decompress the "InputShowV10.zip" to any
temporary folder; Then, Simply run "Setup.exe" program and follow the prompts.
- Uninstall: You can choose to uninstall InputShow by choosing Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel and then choosing to
remove InputShow.
Using InputShow
Program Menu
Using Virtual Mouse
Optimize Virtual Mouse
Using
Virtual Keyboard
Run/Exit InputShow
- Program Menu: There is not window menu in InputShow.
The program menu appears by right clicking InputShow's tray icon()
on the rightdown screen. See below:
To click the tray icon is one of way to show or hide virtual mouse.
- Using Virtual Mouse: If the virtual mouse
is not showed, you can click "Show Virtual Mouse" item in program
menu described above to show virtual mouse. Then a mouse pattern which is
named virtual mouse will be appeared to left of current cursor (See below),
and the item of program menu changed to "Hide Virtual Mouse". The
virtual mouse is only showed in activation window. Its can represent clicking
actions of computer mouse.
No Button Down,
Left Button Down,
Right Button Down,
Both Button Down
You can click the item of "Hide Virtual Mouse" on the program
menu to hide virtual mouse.
- Optimize Virtual Mouse:
This is a check menu item. It is recommended to check it unless the virtual
mouse can not represent your point device actions.
- Using Virtual Keyboard:
(1)Show/Hide Virtual Keyboard: There are
many way to show or hide virtual keyboard. One of all is To Click
InputShow's icon
on tray. Another way is accessing command item on the program menu. You can
also click "Hide" command arer at virtual keyboard's top right corner
to hide.
(2)Capability:
- As a virtual keyboard,or onscreen keyboard, it's surface and
functions is simulated actual keyboard device as same as possible
so as to establish association between onscreen keyboard and
actual keyboard for novice to learn. There are almost all of
keyboard functions such as auto repeat, screen copy, combination
of keys and so on. The simulation is Inputshow's first goal which
is differ from other onscreen keyboard product.
- As same as virtual mouse, it may only show actions of actual
keyboard device when teacher type keyboard.
(3) Move Virtual Keyboard:
The four sides of virtual keyboard is handle to move virtual keyboard.
When cursor move in this area and the shape change to ,
it can be drag.
(4) Usage of Ctrl, Shift and Alt:
The action of these keys is different from other keys as onscreen
keyboard. At first time clicking, it be pressed down and keep down
state rendered deeper color, until second time clicking to release, so
as to click another key to combine key type between the first and the
second.
- Run/Exit InputShow: It is as same as
other applications to run Inputshow, but to exit you must click
"Exit" item in program menu popuped by clicking tray icon as
mentioned above.
Custom
design of Virtual Keyboard
Nowadays,there are various type of keyboard device. To accord with environment
of your classroom, you may custom your own virtual keyboard surface if you have
ability of editting image. There is step by step listed below.
- Backup original files of Inputshow.
- To take a photograph of your keyboard and input it to computer via scanner
or USB for digital camera.
- To select keyboard image from photograph with photograph editor software
such as Photoshop and replaced the file named "keuboard.bmp" to
Inputshow installing directory.
- Make of mask image with white foreground and black background based on
keyboard.bmp file, replace to the file named "FKeyboard.bmp".
- Make of "Pressedkeyboard.bmp" image based on "keyboard.bmp"
to replace the original "Pressedkeyboard.bmp" which every keys but
"Enter" key be pressed down. To represent a pressed down key, you
can select that key surface and move that surface somewhat so as to looked
as if it is lower than original.
- Make of "Enter" key pressed down image to replace original
"Enter.bmp" file.
- Make of Lock light image to replace original "LightOn.bmp" file
if the original does not fit your keyboard image.
- Open "DefKeyboard.ini" file with Notepad and modify the data
representing every key position. The meaning of every data on the file is
represented as below:
0=549,190,250,395,
//Keyboard Size and Position=Width,Height,Left,Top
1=18,11,26,27, //0x01----ESC
2=41,45,22,23, //0x02---- 1
.
//comments:
.
//Left=relative to left of
keyboard image
SCAN CODE=Left,Top,WIDTH,HEIGHT,
//Top=relative to top of
keyboard image
.
//WIDTH=the width of key
area
.
//HEIGHT=the height of key
area
249=0,0,0,0,
250=0,0,0,0,
251=446,12,12,4,
//Num Lock Light=Left,Top,Width,Height
252=467,12,12,4,
//Caps Lock Light=Left,Top,Width,Height
253=489,12,12,4,
//Scroll Lock Light=Left,Top,Width,Height
254=510,13,533,37, //Hide Region=Left,Top,Right,Bottom
on keyboard image
255=18,13,533,168 //Keys Region=Left,Top,Right,Bottom
on keyboard image
Contacting designer
for supporting
Aythor: Jian Zhong Mar
Tel: (Home)086-021-62853824 or
(Office)086-021-66361231x8302
Email: cyberpegasus2002@yahoo.com.cn
or inputshow@hotmail.com
You are welcome!