Keyboard Functions
The following table shows the keyboard functions with a description of the purpose of each.
| Programming element | PPC | SP | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ActivateKeyboardLayout | X | X | This function sets the input locale identifier, formerly called the keyboard layout handle, for the system. |
| CreateAcceleratorTable | X | X | This function creates an accelerator table. |
| DestroyAcceleratorTable | X | X | This function destroys an accelerator table. |
| EnableWindow | X | X | This function enables or disables mouse and keyboard input to the specified window or control. |
| GetActiveWindow | X | X | This function retrieves the window handle to the active window associated with the thread that calls the function. |
| GetAsyncKeyState | X | X | This function determines whether a key is up or down at the time the function is called, and whether the key was pressed after a previous call to GetAsyncKeyState. |
| GetFocus | X | X | This function retrieves the handle to the keyboard focus window associated with the thread that called the function. |
| GetKeyboardLayout | X | X | This function retrieves the active keyboard layout for a specified thread. |
| GetKeyboardLayoutList | X | X | This function retrieves the input locale identifiers, formerly called keyboard layout handles, corresponding to the current set of input locales in the system. |
| GetKeyboardLayoutName | X | X | This function retrieves the name of the active keyboard layout. |
| GetKeyboardStatus | X | X | This function returns the status of the hardware keyboard. |
| GetKeyboardType | X | X | This function retrieves information about the current keyboard. |
| GetKeyState | X | X | This function retrieves the status of the specified virtual key. |
| IsWindowEnabled | X | X | This function determines whether the specified window is enabled for touch screen input and keyboard input. |
| keybd_event | X | X | This function synthesizes a keystroke. The system can use such a synthesized keystroke to generate a WM_KEYUP or WM_KEYDOWN message. |
| KeybdGetDeviceInfo | X | X | This function returns information about the keyboard and the keyboard driver. |
| LoadAccelerators | X | X | This function loads the specified accelerator table. |
| LoadKeyboardLayout | X | X | This function places the specified layout in the available layout list. |
| MapVirtualKey | X | X | This function translates, or maps, a virtual-key code into a scan code or character value, or translates a scan code into a virtual-key code. |
| PostKeybdMessage | X | X | This function posts a keyboard message to the specified window. |
| RegisterHotKey | X | X | This function defines a system-wide hot key. |
| SendInput | X | X | This function synthesizes keystrokes, stylus and mouse motions, and button clicks. |
| SetActiveWindow | X | X | This function makes the specified top-level window associated with the thread calling this function the active window. |
| SetFocus | X | X | This function sets the keyboard focus to the specified window. |
| TranslateAccelerator | X | X | This function processes accelerator keys for menu commands. |
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