Can I programmatically fire the "switch to number pad" button on iPhone keyboard

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Published on 2010-02-27T21:29:10Z Indexed on 2010/06/07 13:42 UTC
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I want to find a way to programmatically fire the selector that causes the iPhone keyboard to switch from letters to numbers. I am aware that I can switch the keyboard type, but I want to know if there is a way to do this without switching the keyboard type.

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