Juggle4Evr:

Controls to switch display to portrait mode (rotate in 90 degree steps) like with harware key on M912

Can't be done on XP, the API is different on every computer. Any code I do get would only work on the specific computer I own

Juggle4Evr:

Controls to adjust display brightness, like with hardware function keys

Can't be done, same reason as above.

Juggle4Evr:

Virtual keyboard to launch from within third party software

Any third party virtual keyboard would have to be programmed to take over once it detects you've clicked the textbox in my virtual keyboard. They'd have to support my app, not vice versa.
I do have a better virtual keyboard in the works, but it'll have to wait till I'm done my iPhone program launcher clone

Juggle4Evr:

Should display a configurable taskbar at bottom or right of screen with definable buttons to launch (also to display system info like battery/date/time etc.) any programs. This taskbar should always be displayed even if other program is shown

You can do this by making a new toolbar from the taskbar.

Another question: Wich development tools did you use to program the softwaer? I saw some .BAS files, so I assum it's VisualBasic

Yip, it's VB6.0. Best IDE in existance. Half my stuff isn't even possible on C++ given the amount of time I have. I intend to keep improving it. Your appreciation is appreciated, makes me feel I'm not wasting my time

Hi,

thanx a lot for your answer. My idea for the non-standard APIs for display rotation, brightness, WiFi etc. would be to have icons for these functions that send user-definable key codes into some sort of system keyboard queue to emulate the hardware buttons that are normally used for that purpose. This way device-dependent conf-files could be made to control the functions accessable from the hardware keyboard.

Anyway I'm looking forward to any updates for your project. I'm still in an "experimantal" phase with my M912 which is really great hardware for the price. But the Windows desktop really sucks.

I'm software developer myself but more on the Java server side, I've doneWindows C++ programming a couple of years ago so I could try to program a GUI myself that suits my special needs but at the moment I'm just too lazy to get into that Windows stuff again...
I've downloaded the latest free Visual Studio Express but it cannot import your project without having VB 6 installed.
Maybe I'll play around with that in the long winter nights ;-)

Best regards from Germany,
   Juergen

Those hardware buttons don't send keycodes I can record or simulate, unfortunately.

For example, try going into settings and using one of your hardware buttons to set one of the button commands. Won't work.

I still need to fix a few things. Specifically with the web browser (it scrolls the wrong direction when you drag the mouse, the URL bar doesn't navigate correctly) I just spend a lot of time away from home and programming on my UMPC itself is a pain cause I have to transfer code, plus the tiny resolution.