Locale Specific Support (Windows CE 5.0)
Windows CE provides support for several different locales. The locale-specific support in Windows CE includes fonts, keyboards and keyboard drivers, Input Method Editors (IMEs), and Input Methods (IMs).
Windows CE supports the following locales:
- Arabic
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Chinese (Traditional)
- English (U.S.)
- English (Worldwide)
- French
- German
- Hebrew
- Indic
- Japanese
- Korean
- Thai
In This Section
- Locale Specific OS Design Development
Describes all the locale-specific Catalog items that are included in Windows CE. Lists the modules and components for the locale-specific technologies. - AGFA AC3 Font Compression OS Design Development
Provides information about the AFGA AC3 Font Compression technology that is helpful when designing and developing a Windows CE OS. - Transcriber Handwriting Recognition Application OS Design Development
Provides information about the Transcriber Handwriting Recognition application that is helpful when designing and developing a Windows CE OS. Includes an overview of the handwriting recognition architecture in Windows CE, shows how to recognize a hand-drawn character, and provides instructions about how to perform handwriting recognition. - Handwriting Recognizer Engine (HWX)
Provides information about the Handwriting Recognizer Engine that is helpful when designing and developing a Windows CE OS. Describes how to use the - Arabic
Provides information about the Arabic locale support that is helpful when designing and developing a Windows CE OS. - Chinese (Simplified)
Provides information about the Simplified Chinese locale support that is helpful when designing and developing a Windows CE OS. Includes detailed information about the Simplified Chinese Input Methods (IM)s and Input Method Editors (IMEs). - Chinese (Traditional)
Provides information about the Traditional Chinese locale support that is helpful when designing and developing a Windows CE OS. - Hebrew
Provides information about the Hebrew locale support that is helpful when designing and developing a Windows CE OS. - Indic
Provides information about the Indic locale support that is helpful when designing and developing a Windows CE OS. - Japanese
Provides information about the Japanese locale support that is helpful when designing and developing a Windows CE OS. Includes detailed information about the Japanese IMs and IMEs. Provides a description of the Japanese Edit Control functionality. - Korean
Provides information about the Korean locale support that is helpful when designing and developing a Windows CE OS. Includes detailed information about the Korean IMs and IMEs. - Thai
Provides information about the Thai locale support that is helpful when designing and developing a Windows CE OS.
Related Sections
- National Language Support (NLS)
Provides information about NLS support in Windows CE. NLS enables support of the different locale-specific needs of users around the world. - Input Method Manager (IMM)
Provides a comprehensive overview of IMM. IMM manages the communication between an Input Method Editor (IME) and an application. - International OS Design Development
Provides OEM guide information about the International features supported in Windows CE. - International Application Development
Describes how to program and design a global application. - Unicode Script Processor for Complex Scriptst Processor for Complex Scripts
Provides a comprehensive overview of the Uniscribe technology. This technology supports scripts that require special processing to show and edit because the characters are not laid out in a linear progression from left to right.
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