BUG: Deadkey Not Accepted in Windows 95 Console Application

ID: Q140456

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), used with:
- Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

Deadkeys cannot be accepted as input to a Windows 95 Console application even when the appropriate keyboard layout is selected. ReadConsoleInput() cannot read in deadkeys on Windows 95.

For example, pressing the circumflex (^) and then the letter e should produce an e with the circumflex on top. However, the combination keys do not print in a console application on a system running Windows 95 with a German keyboard selected.

CAUSE

Some of the code handling deadkey input to the console is missing from Windows 95.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords : kbInput kbKeyIn kbGrpUser kbWinOS95bug
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Issue type : kbbug