WM_KEYDOWN Under Japanese Windows 95 and Windows NT

 Last reviewed: January 15, 1998
Article ID: Q150021
4.00 3.10 | 3.51 
WINDOWS   | WINDOWS NT
kbprg

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK), version 3.1
  • Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) for: 

        - Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95

On Microsoft Japanese Windows 95, the IME system no longer uses the keyboard hook to pick up keyboard messages. Therefore, all keyboard messages are passed on to the application. The result is that the same application running under Japanese Windows 95 receives WM_KEYDOWN messages and WM_KEYUP messages, while an application running under Japanese Windows 3.1. does not receive WM_KEYDOWN messages.

If you do not want your application running under Japanese Windows 95 to receive WM_KEYDOWN messages while the IME is working, you can modify the Win.ini file as follows: 

   [IME Compatibility]
   APPNAME=0x00010000
where APPNAME is the name of the application.

Additional reference words: 4.00 3.50 3.51 IME
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: KBIntlDev
Keywords : KBIntlDev kbprg
Version : 4.00 3.10 | 3.51
Platform : NT WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: January 15, 1998
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