'Num Lock' is disabled when launching Data Entry

Symptom

Num Lock on keyboard will be disable if both of the following are true:

• Excel is already open
• and the user tries to access Excel via Controller

Examples:

If Excel is already opened and the user does any of the following scenarios, then the Num Lock on keyboard will be disabled:

Test Scenario 1:
1. Launch Excel
2. Launch the 'main' Controller client (CCR.EXE)

3. Inside the Controller client, click on the 'Excel Link' button:

• The Num Lock on keyboard will now be disabled
• Therefore, in order to enter digit the user need to press Num Lock key.

2. Launch the 'main' Controller client (CCR.EXE)
3. Click "Maintain\Form Structure\Define" and send any form to Excel application

• the Num Lock on keyboard will be disable and in order to enter digit the user need to press Num Lock key.

or:

1. Launch Excel

2. Launch the 'main' Controller client (CCR.EXE)
3. Click "Maintain\Form Structure\Define" and define a form

4. Send form to excel application for creating layout

• the Num Lock on keyboard will be disable

Test Scenario 3:
1. Launch Excel

2. Launch the 'main' Controller client (CCR.EXE)
3. Click "Company\Data Entry Reported values"

• the Num Lock on keyboard will be disable.