Enable Touch Keyboard
 
Purpose 
Enables or disables the touch keyboard.
See also 
Setting up a field to display a keyboard
Creating scripts to automate tasks
Format 
Enable Touch Keyboard [On/Off/Toggle]
Options 
 •
On enables the touch keyboard.
 •
Off disables the touch keyboard.
 •
Toggle switches between enabling and disabling the touch keyboard.
Compatibility 
 
Where the script step runs 
Supported 
FileMaker Pro 
Partial 
FileMaker Server scheduled script 
No 
FileMaker Go 
Yes 
Custom Web Publishing 
No 
FileMaker WebDirect 
No 
Runtime solution 
Partial 
Originated in 
FileMaker Pro 14.0
Description 
Use this script to enable or disable the touch keyboard in FileMaker Go or Windows 8. Enable Touch Keyboard is used only for fields; it has no impact on the touch keyboard for dialog boxes.
You can use the Get(TouchKeyboardState) function to check the current setting of the touch keyboard.
Example 1 
In FileMaker Go, enables the touch keyboard.
Enable Touch Keyboard [On]
Example 2 
Checks the current setting of the touch keyboard and disables the touch keyboard if it is enabled.
If [ Get ( TouchKeyboardState ) = 1]
Enable Touch Keyboard [Off]
End If
Related topics 
Get(TouchKeyboardState) function
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Script steps reference (category list)
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