IMEStatus Function

Description

Returns an Integer specifying the current Input Method Editor (IME) mode of Microsoft Windows; available in Far East versions only.

Syntax

IMEStatus

Return Values

The return values for the Japanese locale are as follows

Constant

Value

Description

vbIMENoOP

0

No IME installed

vbIMEOn

1

IME on

vbIMEOff

2

IME off

vbIMEDisable

3

IME disabled

vbIMEHiragana

4

Hiragana double-byte characters (DBC)

vbIMEKatakanaDbl

5

Katakana DBC

vbIMEKatakanaSng

6

Katakana single-byte characters (SBC)

vbIMEAlphaDbl

7

Alphanumeric DBC

vbIMEAlphaSng

8

Alphanumeric SBC


The return values for the Chinese (traditional and simplified) locale are as follows

Constant

Value

Description

vbIMENoOP

0

No IME installed

vbIMEOn

1

IME on

vbIMEOff

2

IME off


For the Korean locale, the first five bits of the return are set as follows

Bit

Value

Description

Value

Description

0

0

No IME installed

1

IME installed

1

0

IME disabled

1

IME enabled

2

0

IME English mode

1

Hangeul mode

3

0

Banja mode (SB)

1

Junja mode (DB)

4

0

Normal mode

1

Hanja conversion mode