Paxar Gold 6037EX User Manual

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k b d S e t A l p h a

Description

Changes the keypad’s data entry mode to Lower-case Alpha
mode.

Syntax

void kbdSetAlpha (void);

Parameters

None

Return Values

None

Example

#include

#include "mmsultra.h"

void main(void)

{

int iSavedmode = 0;

// Saved mode

int iInput = 0;

// Key entered

kbdSetAlpha();

// Set Lower-case Alpha

iSavedmode = kbdGetMode();

// Save the current mode

kbdSetCaps();

// Set Upper-case Alpha

printf("Press an alphabetic\nkey: "); // Test the mode

while (_kbhit())

;

iInput = _getch();

printf("\nYou pressed %c\n", iInput);

kbdRestoreMode(iSavedmode);

// Return to prev. mode