Windows on-screen keyboard

Hye,
I'm trying to make Windows on-screen keyboard open right after any text box is getting focus,
right now, as default, the user must click the text box twice to activate the keyboard which is a problem, becasue it's on a tablet and not always the 2nd time is in the box and tablet is not real accurate and so on..
so, I want the virtual keyboard to be visable right after the first click,
is there another way or calling OSK.EXE everytime the user click on text-box is the only way?
thanks is advance,
Aj
Amit Joseph,
Software Engineer

you defently right, that soilve my problem no question about it,
i just thought there is a way (not necessarily as code, but perhaps a setting in windows or somthing like that )
thatnks again
Amit Joseph,
Software Engineer

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