Japanese IME 3.1 (Windows CE 5.0)
Windows CE supports the Microsoft Input Method Editor (IME) 3.1 for Japanese. IME 3.1 allows users to type complex characters and symbols, such as Japanese Kanji characters, by using a standard keyboard.
IME 3.1 does not include software input panels for Japanese. However, you can use IME 3.1 with any Japanese input methods (IM) that are based on the Windows CE software input panel architecture and provided in Windows CE. For more information about Japanese IMs, see Japanese Input Methods.
IME 3.1 includes this functionality:
Componentization
In IME 3.1, property dialog boxes, dictionary tool dialog boxes, and a system tray icon support are optional. Therefore, you can include only the necessary functionality in your OS design.
Landscape and Portrait Orientation
In IME 3.1, property dialog boxes and dictionary tool dialog boxes take one of two orientations: landscape or portrait. The landscape orientation targets a screen similar to that of a handheld PC, which is 480 x 240 pixels or larger. The portrait orientation targets a screen similar to that of a Pocket PC screen, which is 240 x 320 pixels or larger. Dialog boxes for the landscape orientation have full functionality similar to that on Windows-based desktop operating systems. The dialog boxes for the portrait orientation have selected functionality that covers the most commonly used scenarios so that the number of tabs in the dialog box and the size of the module are smaller than with landscape orientation. You can select the orientation for your target device by choosing the appropriate Catalog items.
Compact and Standard Data Dictionaries
Each dictionary consists of a lexical database that provides high conversion accuracy.
Customizable UI
You can create a customized version of the IME user interface (UI), as well as Graphics, Windowing, and Events Subsystem (GWES), and common control skins. You can also customize the IME toolbar, the candidate window, and the default composition window.
To enable you to create customized skins, the drawing code has been separated from the code that implements those UI elements. IME 3.1 includes two predefined skins that match system-provided Windows 95 and Windows XP-style skins. The appropriate IME 3.1 skin is automatically selected according to the system-wide setting.
Windows CE provides only source code for the customizable UI portion of IME 3.1. You can find IME 3.1 customizable UI source code in the %_WINCEROOT%\Public\Common\Oak\Drivers\Imejpn directory.
See Also
Japanese IME 3.1 Architecture | Implementing Japanese IME 3.1 | Japanese IME 3.1 Customizable User Interface | Japanese IME 3.1 Dictionary Compiler | Japanese IME 3.1 Registry Settings
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