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Input Method Manager (IMM) Messages (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

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1/6/2010

The following table shows the Internationalization messages with a description of the purpose of each.

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  • IMC_CLOSESTATUSWINDOW
    This message is sent by an application to the input method editor (IME) window to hide the status window.
  • IMC_GETCANDIDATEPOS
    This message is sent by an application to an IME window to get the position of the candidate window.
  • IMC_GETCOMPOSITIONFONT
    This message is sent to an IME window to retrieve the logical font used for displaying intermediate characters in the composition window.
  • IMC_GETCOMPOSITIONWINDOW
    This message is sent by an application to an input method editor (IME) window to get the position of the composition window.
  • IMC_GETCONVERSIONMODE
    This message is sent by an application to an IME window to obtain the current conversion mode.
  • IMC_GETOPENSTATUS
    This message is sent by an application to an IME window to determine whether the IME is open.
  • IMC_GETSENTENCEMODE
    This message is sent by an application to an input method editor (IME) window to obtain current sentence mode.
  • IMC_GETSTATUSWINDOWPOS
    This message is sent by an application to an IME window to get the position of the status window.
  • IMC_OPENSTATUSWINDOW
    This message is sent by an application to the IME window to show the status window.
  • IMC_GETOPENSTATUS
    This message is sent by an application to an IME window to determine whether the IME is open.
  • IMC_SETCANDIDATEPOS
    This message is sent by an application to an IME window to set the position of the candidate window.
  • IMC_SETCOMPOSITIONFONT
    This message is sent by an application to an IME window to specify the logical font to use for displaying intermediate characters in the composition window.
  • IMC_SETCOMPOSITIONWINDOW
    This message is sent by an application to an input method editor (IME) window to set the style of the composition window.
  • IMC_SETCONVERSIONMODE
    This message is sent by an application to an IME window to set current conversion mode.
  • IMC_SETOPENSTATUS
    This message is sent by an application to an input method editor (IME) window to open or close the current IME.
  • IMC_SETSENTENCEMODE
    This message is sent by an application to an IME window to set the current sentence mode.
  • IMC_SETSTATUSWINDOWPOS
    This message is sent by an application to an IME window to set the position of the status window.
  • IMN_CHANGECANDIDATE
    This message is sent when an IME is about to change the content of a candidate window.
  • IMN_CLOSECANDIDATE
    This message is sent to the application when an IME is about to close the candidate window.
  • IMN_CLOSESTATUSWINDOW
    This message is sent to the application when an input method editor (IME) is about to close the status window.
  • IMN_GUIDELINE
    This message is sent when an IME is about to show an error or information.
  • IMN_OPENCANDIDATE
    This message is sent to the application when an IME is about to open the candidate window.
  • IMN_SETOPENSTATUS
    This message is sent when the open status of the input context is updated.
  • IMN_SETSENTENCEMODE
    This message is sent when the sentence mode of the input context is updated.
  • IMN_SETSTATUSWINDOWPOS
    This message is sent when the status window position in the input context is updated.
  • IMR_CANDIDATEFORM
    This message is sent to the application through the WM_IME_REQUEST message when a selected input method editor (IME) needs candidate window data.
  • IMR_COMPOSITIONFONT
    This message is sent to the application through the WM_IME_REQUEST message when a selected IME needs data about the font used by the composition window.
  • IMR_DOCUMENTFEED
    This message is sent to the application when the selected IME needs the converted string from the application.
  • IMR_QUERYCHARPOSITION
    This message is sent to the application when the selected IME needs information about the coordinates of a character in the composition string.
  • WM_IME_CHAR
    This message is sent to an application when the IME gets a character of the conversion result.
  • WM_IME_COMPOSITION
    This message is sent to an application when the IME changes composition status as a result of a keystroke.
  • WM_IME_COMPOSITIONFULL
    This message is sent to an application when the IME window finds no space to extend the area for the composition window.
  • WM_IME_CONTROL
    This message directs the IME window to carry out the requested command.
  • WM_IME_KEYDOWN
    This message is sent to an application by the IME to notify the application of a key press.
  • WM_IME_KEYUP
    This message is sent to an application by the IME to notify the application of a key release.
  • WM_IME_NOTIFY
    This message is sent to an application to notify it of changes to the IME window.
  • WM_IME_REQUEST
    This message requests information about the state of the IME.
  • WM_IME_SELECT
    This message is sent to an application when the system is about to change the current IME.
  • WM_IME_SETCONTEXT
    This message is sent to an application when a window of the application is activated.
  • WM_IME_STARTCOMPOSITION
    This message is sent immediately before the IME generates a composition string because of a keystroke.

See Also

Other Resources

Input Method Manager (IMM) Reference