Using the PC keyboard, mouse, screen, and sound in Emulator guide

The emulator allows developers to use the PC's mouse, screen, and sound facilities as if they were the real input and output devices of a target phone. Depending on the exact phone being emulated, not all these facilities may be available or appropriate.

This section briefly describes some of these facilities.

The keyboard on your PC can be used to send commands to the emulator.

Software shortcuts

PC key	Device function
`F1`	Press to maximise a menu list from a menu pane.
`Alt+F2`	Help key: press this to obtain context sensitive help for the application with focus.
`F8`	Audio record button. Press once to start recording and again to stop recording.

Power off/shutdown

The emulator can simulate a number of power off conditions using the keys given below.

PC key	Device function
`F9`	Power on
`F10`	Power off
`F11`	Case close toggle: adds the text "CASE CLOSED" to the emulator window's title bar, and the screen become inactive. Press the key again to simulate the case being reopened.

Removable media support

The emulator can simulate two PC-Card devices using two files in the PC's temp directory. When the emulator is started, each device is equivalent to an empty, unformatted, volume. A file server client can access the removable media using the y: drive.

The keys used are given below:

PC key	Device function
`F5`	Open removable media door.
`F4`	Switch between two simulated devices while door open

The emulator window shows the screen on a device. To simulate a tap on the screen, for phones with a touch-sensitive screen, use the PC mouse. Only the left button is supported.

The emulator can also be configured to emulate multiple screen phones.

Using the PC keyboard, mouse, screen, and sound

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