Input Method Manager (IMM) Messages (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)
1/6/2010
The following table shows the Internationalization messages with a description of the purpose of each.
In This Section
- 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_OPENSTATUSWINDOW
This message is sent when an IME is about to create the status window.
- IMN_SETCANDIDATEPOS
This message is sent when the IME is about to move the candidate window.
- IMN_SETCOMPOSITIONFONT
This message is sent when the font of the input context is updated.
- IMN_SETCOMPOSITIONWINDOW
This message is sent when the composition form of the input context is updated.
- IMN_SETCONVERSIONMODE
This message is sent when the conversion mode of the Input Context is updated.
- 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_COMPOSITIONFORM
This message is sent to the application through the WM_IME_REQUEST message when a selected IME needs data about the composition window.
- IMR_CONFIRMRECONVERTSTRING
This message is sent to the application through the WM_IME_REQUEST message when the IME needs to change the RECONVERTSTRING structure, which was previously filled in by the application on receiving the IMR_RECONVERTSTRING message.
- 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.
- IMR_RECONVERTSTRING
This message is sent to the application through the WM_IME_REQUEST message when a selected IME needs a string for reconversion.
- 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_ENDCOMPOSITION
This message is sent to an application when the IME ends composition.
- 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.
Related Sections
- Input Method Manager (IMM) Reference
Provides reference material for IMM programming elements.