Nokia E61 Window Server problem

[ten0s]

I've found out that the code below doesn't work for some reason on any E61 devices. A focused window contains wrong characters.

SendKeyEvent( 'z' );
SendKeyEvent( 'Z' );
SendKeyEvent( 'y' );
SendKeyEvent( 'Y' );

void CHelloWorldBasicAppUi::SendKeyEvent( TChar aChar )
{
TInt focussedWindowGroupId = CEikonEnv::Static()->WsSession().GetFocusWindowGroup();

TKeyEvent keyEvent;
keyEvent.iCode = aChar;
keyEvent.iScanCode = aChar;
keyEvent.iRepeats = 0;
keyEvent.iModifiers = 0;

TWsEvent event;
*event.Key() = keyEvent;
event.SetTimeNow();
event.SetType(EEventKey);
CEikonEnv::Static()->WsSession().SendEventToWindowGroup(focussedWindowGroupId,event);
}

E61 ROMs versions 3.0633.09.04 and 2.0618.06.05 results:
Send -> Result
z -> @
Z -> z
y -> /
Y -> y

E61 ( Russian variant ) ROM version 3.0633.09.04 results
Send -> Result
z -> nothing
Z -> Z
y -> nothing
Y -> Y

I've been used the Remote Device Access Service.

[ten0s]

I've found out that this is not a Window Server problem on E61 but its way of work. I do think you may even get this behavour on any devices that have QWERTY keyboard. There were problems not just with y and y characters as my customer has informed me. Here my solution:
All code remains the same, but

TKeyEvent keyEvent;
keyEvent.iCode = aChar;
keyEvent.iScanCode = EStdKeyNull;
keyEvent.iRepeats = 0;
keyEvent.iModifiers = 0;

Now this works for any characters but for 0-9 and *.
To make digits and asteriks character work you should press the Blue Function Button before like this:

TKeyEvent blueFuncKeyEvent;
blueFuncKeyEvent.iCode = 0;
blueFuncKeyEvent.iScanCode = EStdKeyRightFunc;
blueFuncKeyEvent.iModifiers = EModifierRightFunc | EModifierFunc;
blueFuncKeyEvent.iRepeats = 0;

TWsEvent blueFuncEvent;
*blueFuncEvent.Key() = blueFuncKeyEvent;
blueFuncEvent.SetTimeNow();
blueFuncEvent.SetType(EEventKeyDown);
CEikonEnv::Static()->WsSession().SendEventToWindowGroup(focussedWindowGroupId,blueFuncEvent);

After that you can send digits and asterisk as usual.

The solution above assumes that you have installed the default FEP.

As there is not a defect this thread is closed.