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What's new in Windows 98/Windows 2000 IMM/IME
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The Windows(R) 98 and Windows 5.0 IMM/IME architecture
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retains the Windows(R) 95/Windows NT(R) 4.0 design with some
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improvements to better support intelligent IME development and
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integration of IME with Windows. These changes are listed here.
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Note: The Platform SDK provides IME API documentation for
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application development. For information on IME development,
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refer to the Microsoft Windows NT Device Driver Kit documentation.
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1. New IME function for applications
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The following new IME functions allow applications to communicate
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with IMM/IME:
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ImmAssociateContextEx
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ImmDisableIME
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ImmGetImeMenuItems
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2. New functions for IME developers
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The following new functions allow IMEs to communicate with IMM and
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applications:
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ImmRequestMessage
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ImeGetImeMenuItems
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3. Supporting reconversion
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This is a new IME feature that allows you to re-convert a string
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that has already been inserted into the application's document.
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This function will help intelligent IMEs to get more information
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about the converted result and improve conversion accuracy and performance.
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4. Adding IME menu items into the Context menu of the system Pen icon
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This new feature provides a way for IMEs to insert the IME menu items
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into the Context menu of System Pen Icon in System Tray.
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5. New bits and values for IME
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The following new bits support new conversion modes:
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IME_CMODE_FIXED
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IME_SMODE_CONVERSATION
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IME_PROP_COMPLETE_ON_UNSELECT
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6. Edit control enhancement for IME
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Through the two new edit control messages (EM_SETIMESTATUS and
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EM_GETIMESTATUS), applications can manage IME status for edit controls.
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7. IME-related actions for SystemParametersInfo
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New uiAction for SystemParametersInfo SPI_GET/SETSHOWIMEUI are added
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into Windows 98 and Windows 2000. These new SPI_xx parameters are
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used to show or hide the IME status bar. It is a system global switch.
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8. Two New IMR messages
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IMR_QUERYCHARPOSITION and IMR_DOCUMENTFEED are added to Windows 98 and
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Windows 2000.
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When an IME needs the information about the coordinate of a character in
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the composition string, the IME can send IMR_QUERYCHARPOSITION to the application.
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With IMR_DOCUMENTFEED, an IME can get the document context from the application
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and use it for advanced intelligent conversion.
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9. 64-bit compliant
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Two new structures (TRANSMSG and TRANSMSGLIST) are added into IMM32. They are
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used by INPUTCONTEXT and ImeToAsciiEx to receive IME translated message.
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10. IME_PROP_ACCEPT_WIDE_VKEY
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This new property is added into Windows 2000 so IME can handle the injected
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Unicode by SendInput API. ImeProcessKey and ImeToAsciiEx APIs are updated to
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handle injected Unicode as well. The injected Unicode can be used by application
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and handwriting programs to put Unicode strings into input queue.
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Updated on 10-01-1998
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