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Get Windows Current Input Locale
My user is running US English version of Windows NT with several Input Locales (Keyboard languages) installed. How can I programmatically find out which Input Locale is current, and how my application can detect when the Input Locale changes. Using GetSystemDefaultLCID or GetSystemDefaultLangID APIs (no matter) I can only obtain the default Windows language, not the one currently in use.
The function you seek is GetKeyboardLayout
Pass zero as its parameter (indicating current thread)
the low word is the input language locale
the hi word is the physical layout
(these may be the same)
Pass zero as its parameter (indicating current thread)
the low word is the input language locale
the hi word is the physical layout
(these may be the same)
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Poddy, can you be a little more specific about the low and high words and how to work with them after the API executed. I'm not really getting the your answer, but it looks like you know what you are talking about. I'd like to hear more from you.
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Hey Poddy! By the time I got it I figured it out myself, but you get your points anyway, THANKS. That solves half of my problem. Now, is there any way to detect in my application when the user changes the locale. I would spend another 100 point for that. Please respond to BDH4628@ix.netcom.com. If you have the solution, I will re-submit the question through Exchange for you to get points. THANKS again!!!!!!!
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