How to load Windows "On-Screen Keyboard" application using LabVIEW

[visuman]

Hi,

      Whether somebody can tell me how to load windows "On-Screen Keyboard" application using LabVIEW.

Regards,

Bharath

[Bijay]

Hi,

Use system exec.vi for this.

Regards,

Bijay

[Himanshu_Goyal]

Hi Visuman,

As Vijay already told that you can enable on screen keyboard using System Exec function under connectivity --> Libraries and executables --> System Exec.

[visuman]

Hi,

    Thanks for the reply I tried with "System Exec" function I am getting an error - Could not start On-screen Keyboard

Regards,

Bharath

[Bijay]

What is the OS version??

[visuman]

Windows 7

[Bijay]

I guess yours is 64-bit OS. 
Because i am facing the same problem. But the same code is working fine on other PC having 32bit- OS Windows 7

[Himanshu_Goyal]

Hi,

Microsoft Discussion

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This is an issue with 64-bit OS, it affects any 64-bit version of Windows.

Basically you are calling osk.exe, but your program you are calling it from is a 32-bit app. Windows won't allow you to call a 64-bit OSK.exe from your program. The comments appear to miss your point here, anyone can start osk.exe from Run, but call it from within a 32-bit application won't work in 64-bit Windows.

Ideally Microsoft should include a 32-bit version of OSK.exe in the system folder and allow us to use it, if being called from a 32-bit application.

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Same i try on my windows 7 professional PC with 64 Bit and its working fine here.....

Check in c:\Windows\System32\osk.exe available or not.......

[Bijay]

Hi Himanshu,

Osk.exe is present under the path c:\Windows\System32 
but still am not able to run using LV.

Regards,

Bijay

[ofahed]

 This should work. Specify the whole path.
  

 cheers olli