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<hr><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">The Hardware library wraps several different native API's.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">This library can only be used on the device.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">The Hardware library supports:</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Reading the device id.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Preventing the back light from suspending.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Preventing the device from suspending.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Run an application at a certain time or after a certain event.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Send keystrokes to the focused control.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Send mouse clicks to the screen.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Catch the hardware buttons using </span></font><a href="overview1.htm"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000ff"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#0000ff"><u>HardKey</u></span></font></a><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101"> object.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Finding all mounted storage cards.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Clipboard operations.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Finding the .Net version.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Managed memory operations.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Finding the path of special folders (like windows folder).</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- SIP (Soft Input Panel) hide / show event and SIP height.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- ShowTodayScreen method which can help in creating background running applications.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- ChangeInputMode - (Smartphones only) Changes the input mode.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Change Bluetooth mode.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">- Send windows messages to controls (device and desktop).</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">Note that some of the functions will not work on all devices.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">This library is only functional on the device.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">If you like to build the application on the desktop you can use the HardwareDesktop.dll
file.</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">It is a shallow copy of the Hardware library (without any functionality).</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101"><span style=" font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; color:#010101">Example:</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#008000">'Add a Hardware object named Hardware1</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">Sub </span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000">Globals</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">End Sub</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">Sub</span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> App_Start</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Form1.show</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Hardware1.New1</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">msgbox</span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000">("Device ID: " & Hardware1.GetDeviceID)</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Hardware1.BackLightOn </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#008000">'Prevents the back
light from suspending</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Hardware1.RunAppAtEvent(</span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">AppPath</span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> & "\MyApp.exe",
Hardware1.evWakeup) </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#008000">'MyApp will be launched each time the device is
turned on</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Hardware1.RunAppAtTime (</span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">AppPath</span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> & "\MyApp.exe", </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">TimeAdd</span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000">(</span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">now</span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000">,0,5,0)) </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#008000">'MyApp will be launched in 5 minutes</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">AddTimer</span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000">("Timer1")</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Timer1.Interval = 5000 </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#008000">'5 seconds</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Timer1.Enabled = true</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> TextBox1.Focus</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Hardware1.KeyPress(</span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">asc</span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000">("1")) </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#008000">'Writes 1</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> </span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Hardware1.KeyDown(160) </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#008000">'Holds the left shift
down</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Hardware1.KeyPress(</span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">asc</span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000">("1")) </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#008000">'Writes !</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Hardware1.KeyUp(160) </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#008000">'Frees the left shift</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">End</span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">Sub</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"><br></span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">Sub</span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Timer1_Tick</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> Hardware1.KeepAlive </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#008000">'Resets the system idle
timers</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">End</span></font><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#0000ff">Sub</span></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt; font-family:Courier New; color:#000000"> </span></font></div>
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