Laptop GPS World

Introduction


This free tool is used with Microsoft Streets and Trips 2009 and gives these benefits:

1- Simplify some S&T operations
2- Add a small touch screen interface
3- Add new features
4- Add additional Hotkeys (keyboard shortcuts)

This program doesn’t require any installation. It is just one single small file (just over 200 KB in size). Save it to your Desktop, and then click on it when ever you need it. It is free. It contains no virus, no spyware, no adware. It can easily being removed by deleting it (it is only creating a single additionnal keys.ini files to save the setup). It is provided without warranty and on a 'use at your own risk' basis.

Requierements:

- screen vertical resolution of minimum 600 pixels (when using "Touch screen operation" or "Keyboard/popup menu operation"), or to display help screen (typical 800X600 is OK!). Because of S&T 2009 new requierement of 1024X768, it is working without any problem. I have made some tests to run S&T 2009 at 800X600 after installation (with small buttons for the top tools toolbar to save space) and it seems to work (after limited testing), but the screen is tight and the map seems very small.
- fast computer (because of scripting nature of S&T Keys, some functions are timing related and erratic behaviour may occur on a very slow system. Typical pentium IV, 1.7 GHz is enough which is the based test system under windows XP)
- Windows XP operating system (i don't know if it is working correctly with Vista because i don't have a Vista computer installed with S&T to test it now...).
- Microsoft Streets and Trips 2009 version. It cannot work with any other version because each version of S&T Keys is customized to work for a specific version of S&T.


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Section 1: Operations


1.1 Operating Modes

S&T Keys can be operated in 3 differents modes:

By using your keyboard with new HotKeys (see 1- Keyboard/Hotkeys operation), by using a touch screen or any pointing device (see 2- Touch screen operation), or by using a popup menu with your keyboard to make things easier (see 3- Keyboard/popup menu operation).

N.B. For the first time user, it is recommended to use the "2-Touch screen operation" or "3-Keyboard/popup menu operation" described below. It will help you learn which function cannot be used in specifics situations by seeing the buttons that are disabled on the screen, which is difficult to learn in "1-Keyboard/Hotkeys operation" mode.


1- Keyboard/Hotkeys operation

F1 – Pressing the <F1> key toggles the list of available hotkeys (help screen)


Figure 1

This Figure 1 screen is divided in 3 sections:

a) S&T Keys - hotkeys: First part is showing the keyboard keys you may use and a small description for each of them. These Hotkeys are always available in any situation when using S&T.

F1: toggle the display of the above help screen to remember easily the keys to operate S&T keys with the keyboard

F2: this key has a unique function. It is the only key that could be functionnal even when S&T is not started. With this key, you can start Microsoft S&T 2009, minimize it to access another application and restore S&T window on screen when pressed again. This key is the Start key. You will see later that this key is programmable and can be "Scroll Lock" or "F2" key (see 2.1.2 Options panel: Start). This key can also be completely disabled.

F4: toggle the onscreen popup menu that can be used to operate S&T Keys easily with the keyboard without having to remember all the HotKeys. This popup menu is also context sensitive, it will disable all Hotkeys that can not be used in a specific situation.

F5: this is one of the key you will use most of the time. It allows to start gps navigation (usually in full-screen mode) after you enter a destination in S&T Route Planner. You can configure exactly the navigation behavior of this key from the options menu.

F6: this one is to insert a pushpin at current gps location. It can be used as an example, when you are driving and are located at an interesting place you want to remember, and you don't want to bother playing with the mouse to mark your precious place you can identify later (by typing a description after driving). This function has many benefit, because it would work in any situation, even when navigating in full screen. It would take care also to switch to correct map mode so the pushpin can be used.

Tips: For maximum precision using F6 function, zoomin the map (maximum zooming = maximum precision) and slow your car (there is a small variable lag before the pushpin will be on the map, depending of actual navigation mode) when possible.

Tips: If the gps icon cannot be found, it will let the pushpin in the center of the screen so you can click it to set it on the map. This could be used as a quicky to place many pushpins on the map when the gps navigation if off. In this case, each time you are using F6 key, it will bring a pushpin in the center of the map, so you can use your mouse to place it later where you want it (it avoid to click with the mouse on the pushpin button).

Shift - Pause: this hotkey is not normally used when driving, but more when you want to stop driving and plan for a new ride. It will stop the gps navigation, cleanup S&T not needed windows and zoomout the complete actual route (press shift and pause keys at the same time).

Tips: Shift - Pause function can also be used when gps navigation is disabled, as a quick way to show the complete actual route on screen (for example if you are lost on the map and you cannot see the route anymore).

F10: this hotkey will allow you to find interesting nearby places from S&T Point Of Interest database, around your actual gps location. You can use this function even when navigating in full-screen, by defaut it will locate POI around your actual position for the around distance you used the last time. It will manage the navigation switching mode necessary to make this function posible.

End: this hotkey will allow you to cancel the actual route by cleaning everything in Route planner and makes you ready to enter a new destination if desired. Once the destination is entered (you have max around 2mn to do it), navigation will continue according to F2 panel options (see 2.1.2) when not in full screen, or F5 panel options (see 2.1.3) if already in full screen navigation. When not in full screen and F2 panel options are configured not to start the GPS, it won't if it is not started and will just cancel the actual route.

Pause: this hotkey can be used to pause gps navigation for a short moment and restart it when you are ready to continue. It will do almost nothing else and won't change S&T display and modes.

PgUp/PgDn: these hotkeys can be used to zoomout/zoomin the current map. The difference of these keys as compared to S&T +/- zoom keys is that the zoom increment level is programmable when not in full-screen mode.

Home: this hotkey will create a route that will bring you back to home, from your current gps position. Your home location is programmable in the options panel.

Insert: this hotkey will enable/disable the gps trail function, it will leave a trail on the map showing you the route where you went.


b) Full-screen mode hotkeys: 2nd part is showing the keyboard keys you may only use while doing gps navigation in full-screen mode (this mode can be recognized when there is no S&T top file menu and similar)

N/R/D/Y: these keys allow to configure the map view when not in map navigation view mode. These are all the possible configurations using "center", "dynamic turn view" and "rotate map" options in the gps S&T panel.
To experiment with these functions, navigate in map view mode and use then to change the way the map is displayed.

Q/S/T/H/P: these powerfull hotkeys are used with an already specified route. When you want to experiment how the route can be configured, like if you want to take the "quickest" (S&T default) route between start and end points, the "shortest" route (smallest distance), to completly avoid "toll" roads, to avoid all kind of "highways" as for an example if you want to ride in small villages, and last one is to choose a route to your preference as choosen in the options panel.

Del: this hotkey is one of the most important one when navigating. You will use it to delete the last waypoints that are behind your actual gps location (green or yellow points on your route in Route planner). Why needing to delete these old waypoints when not needed anymore: because one day if you are leaving the actual route (going off-route) and S&T recalcule a new route for you, you may discover a surprise that it may bring you back in the wrong direction where you were before than where you want to go next (or making an unneeded turn to go to an old waypoint). You can never understand the need of this function until you got the problem while navigating.

O/A/G: these hotkeys are the missing modes related to S&T gps panel. The "O" will allow you to switch navigation guidance OFF (and related panel at the bottom) screen, the "A" hotkey disable/enable S&T to arrange the map view while navigating and the "G" which is the one that is more usefull will allow to switch between 3D navigation view mode and normal 2D map view mode.

Tips: when doing gps navigation in fullscreen mode, the bottom guidance pane (where it is written the next street direction) can be completely removed from screen, actually driving with a map covering your entire screen. To remove the bottom guidance pane, just press "O" hotkey.

F8: this hotkey allow to toggle the favorite destination panel, where you can store your favorite destination, so you don't have to type them every time they are needed.

c) Streets & Trips - hotkeys: Third part is showing the keyboard keys that are not related to S&T Keys, but usual Street & Trips Hotkeys that are usefull to remember when using S&T Keys. Refer to S&T help file for information about these hotkeys.

Tips: Some S&T Keys functions must toggle S&T screen mode to operate correctly. As an example, using F6 or F10 while navigating in fullscreen mode will revert to normal window mode. After the function has completed, you may use S&T F11 hotkey to return to fullscreen gps navigation mode.


2- Touch screen operation


Figure 2

As you can see in the previous Figure 2 map, S&T Keys brings 3 onscreen touch screen buttons: "-","+","F4". If your computer has a touch screen interface or a similar kind of pointing device (a simple mouse is also working), you can press one of these 3 transparent grey buttons:

+/-: zoomin/zoomout of the zoom increment as programmed in the options panel.

Menu F4: brings touch screen popup menu panel. This will allow all kind of functions by pressing a single button on screen from this menu panel (see below in Figure 3).

Important: You will notice that while processing some functions, these "-","+","F4" screen transparent buttons may disappeared from the screen while S&T Keys is busy and cannot process another button.



Figure 3

The previous Figure 3 picture shows the touch screen menu. In this example, you can see that all buttons are enables: in real life, some buttons will be disabled when their associated functions are not possible in a specific situation (fullscreen/not fullscreen/navigation mode, navigation disabled, etc). To activate a function, just press on your touch screen (or using any other pointing device like a mouse) the button associated to the desired function. This touch screen panel will disappear after pressing a button (it can also being removed by pressing X close window button at top right of the panel, by pressing keyboard F4 or ESC keys.

To get instruction about each of these buttons, see related function in the "1- Keyboard/Hotkeys operation" mode above.

Additional functions not available in "1- Keyboard/Hotkeys operation":

Z,X,C,V: These buttons allow when not in fullscreen navigation mode to shows/hide most of the important S&T panels like "GPS Task Pane" left panel, "Driving guidance" bottom panel, "Route Planner" left panel and route "Directions" top panel.

on-screen keyboard: this button allows to bring on screen the configured on-screen keyboard in the options panel. This can be used when some text input is needed in a specific field and a real keyboard is not available.

options: this bring on-screen the S&T Keys options panel configuration. This panel allow to configure many S&T keys behavior to meet user taste (see Section 2: Configuration below).


3- Keyboard/popup menu operation

This mode of operation is very usefull for the first time user instead of using "1- Keyboard/Hotkeys operation". It allows to use a keyboard only as input device and being assisted with the touch screen panel as displayed in Figure 3 above. This is very important because it will show to the novice user which function is possible or not, by disabling the buttons (gray color) on the menu panel.

To use this mode, user press the keyboard "F4" key that will bring the same panel as in "2- Touch screen operation" mode above. Then user is pressing the keyboard key that is written at the left of the associated touch screen menu button to activate this function, which makes the panel get off the screen.

Tips: This mode of operation will allow additional functions in some cases that are not even possible with the "1- Keyboard/Hotkeys operation" mode as explained above. As an example, the F8 function is not available when not in full screen navigation mode to allow toggling pushpin text On/OFF. All other functions that are also related to a key letter are not available also when not in fullscreen navigation mode. But they are always available using the popup menu.


1.2 Tray Menu


Figure 3A

Figure 3A shows the S&T Keys tray menu icon. To activate it, use your mouse right key button and click on the "K" icon in the windows tasktray. This menu allows:

• Display hotkeys help popup
• Display the options panel popup to configure S&T Keys
• Check for a new S&T Keys software update
• Exit and terminate S&T Keys
• Access all S&T Keys forum threads for:

• Release information of S&T Keys (Visit website)
• Bugs report of S&T Keys
• Wish list of S&T Keys
• General Comments and Questions about S&T Keys

1.3 Tray S&T Keys Version Information


Figure 3B


Figure 3B shows how to get S&T Keys version information from the tray "K" icon. Just hoover your mouse on the "K" S&T Keys icon to display the release version for a short moment.


1.4 S&T navigation options configuration


Figure 3C


Figure 3C shows default options that can be configured in S&T options panel, to be compatible with S&T keys 2009. The "automatic re-route" option can be enable, but user should take care of some possible annoyance, like if going off route for any reason, S&T may calculate a new route. This could have some side effects of returning to a previous waypoint already seen before (if old waypoint was not removed). If this option is not enable, user will have to press F3 to calculate a new route when going off route, as needed.



Section 2: Configuration


2.1 Options panel

2.1.1 Options panel: General


Figure 4

Figure 4 shows the General tab of options panel: in this panel, you can configure:

• S&T Keys start at windows startup
• Use mouse buttons for spoken instructions control while navigating in full screen
• Open the last used file in S&T or create a new one
• Starts with route planner or GPS task pane open

When you select the option to control the voice spoken instructions with your mouse, you can click mouse secondary button to repeat the voice guidance instruction (double click to get the next spoken instruction). You may also configure another mouse button using the combo "Spoken Next Butn" to define another mouse button that when pressed will provide the next spoken instruction (instead of using a double click on the mouse secondary button above). These mouse buttons functions when activated will only work in full screen navigation.

Tips: By using your mouse for spoken instructions control, the mouse or any other pointing device (wireless or other) can be used as a kind of remote control if you want to navigate with audio only, without keeping an eye on screen. Using a single ear headphone, you can use the mouse to get voice guidance spoken instructions as desired (current and next instruction). The mouse can be located near you, for easy buttons access.

Tips: Take care that if you configure the mouse primary button for the spoken next instruction, you won't be able to click with your mouse on the touch screen buttons (+,-,F4), neither in the full screen S&T navigation toolbar. You would need to use the keyboard to exit full screen navigation (F11 key) to release the mouse buttons to their normal functions.

Tips: Mouse remote control additionnal details (and experiment).

You can verify (download/install) if a S&T Keys software update is available using an internet connection by pressing the button in this menu.


2.1.2 Options panel: Start


Figure 5

Figure 5 shows the Start tab of options panel. This panel allows to configure the starting behavior of S&T regarding GPS settings. In this panel, you can configure:

• If GPS tracking is enabled at startup (please disable S&T GPS tracking option at startup)
• The different GPS tracking options possible
• Restore recommended settings button will configure these options for you
• F2 hotkey enabled allows to control if this hotkey is active all the time to minimize/restore S&T window
• You can choose between F2 or ScrLck (Scroll Lock) key as start hotkey

2.1.3 Options panel: Navigate


Figure 6

Figure 6 shows the Navigate tab of the options panel. Here you will configure the navigation behavior when using the F5 keys to navigate. In this panel you can configure:

• GPS tracking options
• Restore recommended settings will configure these GPS options for you
• If fullscreen navigation is desired

2.1.4 Options panel: Zoom and On Screen Display


Figure 7

Figure 7 shows the Zoom and OSD tab of options panel. Here you can configure:

• The zoom increment used by PgUp/PgDn hotkeys and touch screen +/- buttons
• If you don't want/need the 3 transparent gray touchscreen buttons, you can disable them here

2.1.5 Options panel: Turn Beep


Figure 8

Figure 8 shows the Turn beep tab of options panel. Here you can enable if you want a "turn beep" or not and what turn beep sound you want to use. The turn beep is usefull to warn you that you may have missed the last turn. It will beep the selected sound tone when the GPS icon is exactly at location where you should have turned.

2.1.6 Options panel: Preferred Road Types


Figure 9

Figure 9 shows the Preferred Road Types tab of options panel. In this panel, you will configure the preferred setting for the route planning when using the hotkey "P".

2.1.7 Options panel: Home and Favorite Destinations


Figure 10

Figure 10 shows the Home and Favorite destinations tab of options panel. In this panel, you will configure your home location, in the form of an address or in the form of GPS latitude and longitude location. You may also configure the favorite destinations used with "F8" hotkey by pressing the button that will bring the favorite configuration menu (see Figure 11).


Figure 11

Figure 11 is the favorite destinations menu (that is also toggle by "F8" key) and allows:

• Create a new destination in the list
• Delete the current destination in the list
• Edit the current destination in the list
• Navigate the current destination in the list

Figure 11B

Figure 11B shows the menu you will get by pressig the "New" button located in Figure11. This menu allows to create a new favorite location. You have the choice to enter the location address or the gps location latitude/longitude. If you need to use an on screen keyboard (OSK: see 2.1.8) to enter text in this menu, you may select the option to open the configured OSK each time this menu is activated.


Figure 11C

Figure 11C shows the menu you will get by pressig the "Edit" button located in Figure11. This menu allows to edit a favorite location in the table. You have the choice to enter the location address or the gps location latitude/longitude. If you need to use an on screen keyboard (OSK: see 2.1.8) to enter text in this menu, you may select the option to open the configured OSK each time this menu is activated.


2.1.8 Options panel: On-Screen Keyboard


Figure 12

Figure 12 shows the On-Screen Keyboard tab of options panel. You may configure:

• Use windows or third party OSK when the touch screen menu OSK button is used
• If needed to open the selected OSK when the "End" hotkey is used to allow destination typing

2.1.9 Options panel: Reset


Figure 13

Figure 13 is the Reset tab of options panel. It allows to reset all S&T Keys configuration options to default value, except Home location and Favorites destinations which are untouched.


Section 3: Getting Started


3.1 Step by Step Instructions

The first time you are using the program, S&T Keys will start S&T. While starting and everytime S&T Keys is busy, you may see a splash screen asking you not to touch the keyboard neither your mouse not to interfere in S&T Keys operation.

When this splash screen is gone and S&T is started, press F4 key, then click on the "options" button to open the options panel. You may now configure all options to your taste, by looking at "Section 2: Configuration". One option you have to set is your home location: see "2.1.7 Options panel: Home and Favorite Destinations". But before setting your home location, you should try to search your address in S&T find prompt to try to locate your home. Then if it was successfull, you can paste the search information in the "2.1.7 Options panel: Home and Favorite Destinations". If find your home address is not working, you can zoom/pan the map to your home location, hover the mouse at your estimated house position and look at the gps location in S&T right bottom corner. Take a note of this location and enter it in the "2.1.7 Options panel: Home and Favorite Destinations", in latitude, longitude form. Another option you may set to your taste is your preferred route type see "2.1.6 Options panel: Preferred Road Types". You may configure this road type to your own taste if needed. Most other options in the options panel can be probably left to default values for first time user. Once the configuration is completed, just close the options panel, there is no need to save the configuration by yourself.

Configure S&T navigate options for compatibility with S&T Keys 2009. See section 1.4 for details.

From that point, if you want to return to a different program, press the start key (F2 key usually) if it is enabled: it will minimize S&T. Press F2 again and it will restore S&T window on screen. If S&T is closed and S&T Keys is still active in the windows task tray, press F2 (start key) and it will start S&T. Each time S&T Keys is started, it will start S&T and configure gps as configured in the start panel (see "2.1.2 Options panel: Start"). Then you may enter a destination in S&T route planner panel, and press F5 key. This will start gps navigation (usually in fullscreen) as configured in "2.1.3 Options panel: Navigate". Using F4,F8 key (favorite destinations) or Home (navigate to your home) key are different ways of starting navigation similar as F5 key, without entering a destination in S&T route planner. You may use "Pause" or "Shift Pause" function to stop gps navigation when completed. The End key can also be used to easily clean the actual route, enter a new destination and continue navigation in the new added direction with minimal efforts.


Section 4: Informations For Advanced User


4.1 Favorite Destinations File Format

If you want to import many favorites destinations in a single shot, it could be very tedious to enter them one at a time using S&T Keys gui. The following section is explaining how to enter this information in S&T Keys configuration file. There is no direct way to import an address book in S&T Keys. But there is a workaround possible, that could be tedious and is for advanced user only. So let's do the hard work.
S&T keys stores all its settings in a file "keys.ini" that is usually located for Windows XP in a folder like this: "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner" where Owner is your user account name you used to login in Win XP.

WARNING: backup your original "Keys.ini" file first before trying to do any modifications to avoid corruption and configuration lost. Not following exactly the file format specified can crash S&T Keys later. So you should be prepared in case of a disaster. Close S&T Keys before attempting to modify the configuration file.

This file is in a text format and you can easily modify it to add your address list. To achieve this, you need a way to export your address book in a kind of text format. Usually "comma separated value" text format could be possible or similar. Fist take a look at your application software to see how you can export your address book to a text file. Then you will need to process this text file to a specific format. The favorites address list is located in the [Section3] section of the "keys.ini" file. One favorite address occupies one line with a format like this and must be located after [Section3] line in the file and before any other [Sectionx] line:

{Favorite Name}=xx0xx{flag}xx1xx{address}xx2xx{latitude}xx3x x{longitude}xx4xx

There are 5 fields in each line that you have to fill with your information. Each field is identified by {} characters in the line above. Just fill in (replace) the fields with your informations:

{Favorite Name}: name to identify your favorite location in the list when you browse it with S&T Keys.

{flag}: must be the character 1 if you want to search by address or character 0 if you want to search by latitude/longitude.

{address}: address of your favorite destination, separated by comma same as what is used when you enter it in the favorite address box.

{latitude}: latitude of location in decimal.

{longitude}: longitude of location in decimal.

IMPORTANT: Do not use spaces between the line and anywhere else except in the {address} field itself.



Example1:

Favorite location name "Dad" and at address (use 1 for the {flag}):
"128 baxter, new york,ny, united stated"

You will write this in [Section3] of "keys.ini":
Dad=xx0xx1xx1xx128 baxter, new york,ny, united statedxx2xxxx3xxxx4xx



Example2:

Favorite location name "Mom" and at location (use 0 for the {flag}):
40.71305,-73.42355 (lat,long)

You will write this in [Section3] of "keys.ini":
Mom=xx0xx0xx1xxxx2xx40.71305xx3xx-73.42355xx4xx



N.B. you should have noticed that in example 1, lat,long information has not been entered and in example 2 address has not been entered because they were not used, but they could be entered as well...


Here what will look like the "keys.ini" favorite section with these 2 favorites items (mine is ending with [Section 1], but it could be anything):

[Section3]
Dad=xx0xx1xx1xx128 baxter, new york,ny, united statedxx2xxxx3xxxx4xx
Mom=xx0xx0xx1xxxx2xx40.71305xx3xx-73.42355xx4xx
[Section1]

Once S&T Keys is restarted, you will see a favorite location list similar as the following Figure 14.



Figure 14

You can verify also in Figure 15 & 16 each favorite entry in the gui.



Figure 15


Figure 16

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History:

V 2.54.0: Added mouse remote and internet update functions, with many issues corrected (18 January 2009).

V 2.53.7: First release version for S&T 2009 (December 2008).

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The new S&T Keys 2009 v2.53.7 (December 2008) release version is here (see download below: zip file is including both application and source code. Compiled with Autoit v3.2.10.0).

This version has issues correction and minor enhancement. This is a stable release version (I hope ). All major functions have been verified in fullscreen and not fullscreen navigation mode.


What's new:

1- Added F10 hotkeys search nearby POI function, around GPS icon location. This new function can be used in fullscreen or not. It will use current distance for nearby search.

2- Added in tray menu all web url for supports and information.

3- Added the option to configure the Start hotkey between F2 or ScrLck (Scroll Lock) key. This option is borrowed from my 2007 version of S&T keys. This is to free the F2 key if you are using it in windows explorer to rename items.

4- Added an option in the options panel to configure the possibilty to remove the Menu F4 gray transparent button on the map screen if not used (user using only keyboard), and not just the zoom buttons as it already was. This option is borrowed from my 2007 version of S&T keys.

5- Remove the F8 hotkey when not navigating in full screen mode. WARNING this is breaking compatibility behavior. This was needed when in map view, while pressing the <TAB> key to navigate between pushpins, to allow pressing the F8 key to show/hide pushpin text. To use the favorite destinations popup menu, user will have to press F4 then F8 key when not in full screen mode (F8 is enough in fullscreen mode).



Corrected issues:

1- Corrected the help menu (F1 hotkey) text to match all new hotkeys and correct all issues regarding this menu.

2- Corrected the gray transparent touch screen buttons which were slightly misaligned on the map.

3- Corrected a small problem in the F6 pushpins hotkey function related to navigation menu choices. When using F6 key in navigation view mode, S&T switch to mapview mode, but the GPS task pane is not, causing some wierd behavior later.

4- Removed the unneeded "F" hotkey.

5- Corrected hotkeys issue with z,x,c,v keys in full screen mode that must not work because of all side effects related with these keys.

6- When F4 popup menu is used, corrected the issue to make sure that all shortcuts and hotkeys are disabled if you quit the popup menu before using any function in this popup. This prevent side effect and problems mostly while not in fullscreen mode.

7- Corrected a problem while navigating from the Favorite Destinations popup.



Known issues:

1- Sometime in safety warning prompt while navigating, pressing the 'A' key to accept may be missed the first time. A second 'A' key pressed may be needed to accept the warning. I have not found yet the reason for this behavior (will be corrected in the next release).

2- In fullscreen mode, while pressing the "PgDn" key for zooming, it will trigger the top screen popup like when moving the mouse. I have not find yet the reason of this behavior. It is not doing this with the "PgUp" key (will be corrected in the next release).

3- For the moment, while navigating in fullscreen, the PgUp/PgDn buttons or the +/- touchscreen buttons cannot do the zoom increment as programmed in the options panel. It will work as expected when not in fullscreen. I did not find yet a way to solve this problem. In fullscreen, it will revert to the normal S&T zoom functions fix increment.

4- When navigating in fullscreen, if user is using the mouse and move it on top of screen to make appear the toolbar, and then click a button on the toolbar, the map will loose focus and S&T Keys will think it is not in fullscreen anymore: fullscreen hotkeys won't work anymore and touch screen buttons if used will be removed from screen keeping from using them. Workaround is to click with the mouse into the map after using the top toolbar with the mouse, to restore S&T Keys operation (will be corrected in the next release).

5- When using windows On Screen Keyboard (OSK), the OSK is not closing correctly when the data input is finished (will be corrected in the next release).

6- Pause button to start/stop GPS is sometimes not working correctly (will be corrected in the next release).

7- END hotkey is not working correctly with the OSK (will be corrected in the next release).


Download:

S&T keys 2009 v2.53.7.zip

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The new S&T Keys 2009 v2.54.0 (18 January 2009) release version is here (see download below: zip file is including both application and source code. Compiled with Autoit v3.2.10.0).

This version has issues correction and major enhancements/cleanup.


What's new:

1- Added Internet program update function. It will allow using the option menu (general tab) or the tray menu to update (download/install) S&T Keys 2009.

2- Added a mouse remote control function (idea came from my 2007 version of S&T Keys) to control with the mouse buttons the voice guidance spoken instructions in full screen navigation. This allow to navigate full screen with audio only without keeping an eye on screen. When configured in the option general panel, it will allow the mouse secondary button to repeat the current spoken instruction, and the user can also configure another mouse button to get the next spoken instruction. By using a single ear earphone and using the mouse located near the driver, the user can easily have voice feedback from S&T as needed by pressing mouse buttons.

3- "Disable screen saver option while navigating" has been removed, user must now configure it in S&T options.

4- Autoroute support has been removed, because the product is not available anymore.

5- END hotkey function has been modified so it is similar behavior when used in full screen navigation or not, to avoid confusion.

6- Force S&T option not to start GPS at program startup to avoid conflicts with S&T Keys F2 function configuration.

7- Some code cleanup.



Corrected issues:

1- Sometime in safety warning prompt while navigating, pressing the 'A' key to accept may be missed the first time. A second 'A' key pressed may be needed to accept the warning.

2- In fullscreen mode, while pressing the "PgDn" key for zooming, it will trigger the top screen popup like when moving the mouse.

3- When navigating in fullscreen, if user is using the mouse and move it on top of screen to make appear the toolbar, and then click a button on the toolbar, the map will lose focus and S&T Keys will think it is not in fullscreen anymore: fullscreen hotkeys won't work anymore and touch screen buttons if used will be removed from screen keeping from using them.

4- When using windows default On Screen Keyboard (OSK), the OSK is not closing correctly when the data input is finished.

5- PAUSE button to start/stop GPS is sometimes not working correctly.

6- END hotkey is not working correctly with the OSK.

7- Hidden SPACEBAR hotkey has been removed to improve spoken instructions repeat/next cmd with keyboard/mouse remote.



Known issues:

1- For the moment, while navigating in fullscreen, the PgUp/PgDn buttons or the +/- touchscreen buttons cannot do the zoom increment as programmed in the options panel. It will work as expected when not in fullscreen. I did not find yet a way to solve this problem. In fullscreen, it will revert to the normal S&T zoom functions fix increment.

2- When pressing the "END" hotkey in not full screen navigation mode, the OSK (On Screen Keyboard) may popup even if not configured.

3- When a secondary window (find window as an example) is on S&T screen, if the user is switching to another application, the on screen touch screen buttons won't be removed from screen and will clutter the other application window space.

Download:

S&T keys 2009 v2.54.0.zip

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