Handling Pocket PC Hardware Keys
A Pocket PC does not have a keyboard and relies on the use of a stylus and the SIP for most of the input from the user. A Pocket PC device does have some hardware keys available to it. Figure 4-9 shows a typical example of the hardware keys on a Pocket PC device.
Figure 4-9. Pocket PC device hardware keys.
It is possible to capture these keys in the KeyDown event that occurs when the user presses these keys.
The Compaq iPAQ has a central pad that generates the following five different types of key codes:
Keys.Up is triggered when the top of the pad is pressed.
Keys.Down is triggered when the bottom of the pad is pressed. ...
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