Keyboard Driver MDD Functions (Compact 2013)

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07/31/2017

3/26/2014

The following table shows the model device driver (MDD) keyboard driver functions.

Programming element	Description
PFN_KEYBD_DRIVER_GET_INFO	This function retrieves information about the keyboard and driver.
PFN_KEYBD_DRIVER_INITIALIZE_EX2	This function initializes the keyboard driver.
PFN_KEYBD_DRIVER_INIT_STATES	This function initializes the virtual-key code state and driver-specific state.
PFN_KEYBD_DRIVER_MAP_VIRTUAL_KEY	This function implements the functionality of MapVirtualKey. It is called by MapVirtualKey.
PFN_KEYBD_DRIVER_POWER_HANDLER	This function handles system power-state change notifications.
PFN_KEYBD_DRIVER_SET_MODE	This function sets auto-repeat information for the keyboard device.
PFN_KEYBD_DRIVER_VKEY_TO_UNICODE	This function generates the appropriate Unicode characters and SHIFT state flags for a specified virtual-key code, key state array, and driver state.
PFN_KEYBD_EVENT_CALLBACK_EX2	This function is a prototype of the callback function passed to the PFN_KEYBD_DRIVER_INITIALIZE_EX2 function.
PFN_LAYOUT_MGR_ACTIVATE_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT	This function activates an input locale.
PFN_LAYOUT_MGR_GET_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT	This function returns the current input locale identifier.
PFN_LAYOUT_MGR_GET_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT_LIST	This function fills a buffer with a list of available input locale identifier handles.
PFN_LAYOUT_MGR_GET_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT_NAME	This function retrieves the name of the active input locale identifier.
PFN_LAYOUT_MGR_GET_KEYBOARD_TYPE	This function retrieves information about the current keyboard.
PFN_LAYOUT_MGR_LOAD_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT	This function places the specified layout in the available layout list.

See Also

Reference

Keyboard and Mouse Driver Reference