[soontobeared]

Hi,
How can I enable/disable the red key ?

[maclun123]

Yes you can.
Look for an ENVY module.

import envy
try:
	envy.set_app_system(1)
except:
	print 'exception during envy activation!'

You can view status by:

if (envy.is_app_system()):
	print 'Envy enabled'

mac

[soontobeared]

Hi mac,
With envy, clicking the red button just moves the application to the background. I am developing a security application.My application should not be hidden or closed without providing a valid password. How do i do this?

Thanks.

[bogdan.galiceanu]

From the PyS60 Library Reference:

There is no way to prevent the standard action of the Hang-up key, the Menu key, the Power key or the Voice tags key from taking place.

So it seems it can't be done.

[soontobeared]

Hi bogdan,
Thanks for the reply.
I have seen some antitheft applications which ask for password on bootup to unlock the phone.Such applications definitely need the red key to be disabled temporarily right?How is it done ? or Am i missing something?

Btw, cant i use the keycapturer to achieve this?I haven't tried it though

Thanks.

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Those applications were most probably written in Symbian C++. And I remember trying keycapture with the red key and it didn't work.

[soontobeared]

Hi bogdan,
Thanks for the reply.I have one more question.

I have developed an antitheft application for which i am using envy, appswitch and pykeylock.I got my final sis file signed and it was working fine on my N95 8GB yesterday. But today, when I tried opening the same application which I had installed yesterday, it doesn't open.What might the problem be ?I think this has happened twice so far.

Thanks.