Displaying the Alphanumeric Keyboard

Retailers can enable the POS application to display an alphanumeric keyboard on the Sale Main Menu screen. When handling authorizable coupons with alphanumeric code, retailers can use the keyboard to key in the coupon code.

Prerequisites

For the floating keyboard to display on the Sale Main Menu screen, the following conditions must be met:

• The POS application has been enabled to accept authorizable coupons. For more information, refer to Loyalty Options.
• The POS application has been configured to display the alphanumeric keyboard on the Sale Main Menu screen. For more information, refer to the following section.

Configuring the alphanumeric keyboard to display on the Sale Main Menu screen

This task uses the following files.

Filename	Location (POS terminal)
Control.Config.xml	%PROGRAMFILES%\NCR\AdvancedStore\POS\HtmlPsxClient\config
SaleTransactionComp.SaleMainMenuView.xml	%PROGRAMFILES%\NCR\AdvancedStore\POS\HtmlPsxClient\config\UIContextConfig

To enable the alphanumeric keyboard on the Sale Main Menu screen, follow these steps:

1. Open the Control.Config.xml file using a text editor.

   <Property name="EnableKeyboardControl" value="false"/>

2. Locate the InputKeypad control tag, and then add this line inside the <Properties> section.
3. Save the changes in the file.
4. Open the SaleTransactionComp.SaleMainMenuView.xml file using a text editor.
5. Locate the InputKeypad control tag, and then add this line inside the <Properties> section.

   <Property name="EnableKeyboardControl" value="true"/>

6. Save the changes in the file.
7. Verify that the alphanumeric keyboard is enabled on the Sale Main Menu screen. In the POS application, go to the Sale Main Menu screen. Select Keypad on the upper-right section on the screen. A keyboard icon is displayed beside the Item Code input field, as shown in the image below.

   

8. Select the keyboard icon. The alphanumeric keyboard is displayed on the left side of the screen.