Why you need to actually test instead of just looking at the source code
In a previous post, I mentioned that you need to set the GUID_PROP_COMPOSING property across text in a composition, or else Windows XP will terminate the composition.
That’s true.
I then provided a code snippet to set that property.
That snippet is wrong.
It turns out that you can’t set the GUID_PROP_COMPOSING property via ITfProperty::SetValue. If you try, you’ll get a TF_E_READONLY error (even if you are in a read-write edit session), which can cause great consternation.
Instead, you need to call ITfComposition::ShiftStart and/or ITfComposition::ShiftEnd to set the bounds of the composition after changing the text in your composition.
These calls update the GUID_PROP_COMPOSING property internally.
Sorry for the confusion.
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- Anonymous
May 15, 2009
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