InquireEx

int InquireEx(
  WORD wAction, 
  LPKBINFO lpKBInfo, 
  int nCount
 );

Sets and retrieves keyboard information.

wAction

Action flag. Can be one of these values:

Value	Meaning and return value
INQEX_KBDINFO (1)	Retrieves keyboard information. Returns, in AX, the number of bytes copied to the buffer.
INQEX_NLCID (2)	Retrieves the number of layouts currently in the driver. Returns the number in AX.
INQEX_LPLCID (3)	Retrieves the list of layouts currently installed in the driver. Returns the number of layouts in in the list.
INQEX_KEYBOARDTYPE (4)	Retrieves the keyboard type.
INQEX_KEYBOARDSUBTYPE(5)	Retrieves the keyboard sub-type.
INQEX_NFUNCKEYS(6)	Retrieves the number of function keys.
INQEX_SETBASELOCALE (7)	Sets the current locale. No return value.
INQEX_SETSYSLOCALE (8)	Sets the system locale. No return value.

lpKBInfo

Value depends on wAction. Can be one of these values:

Value of wAction	Meaning of lpKBInfo
INQEX_KBDINFO (1)	Address of a KBINFO structure that that receives the information.
INQEX_LPLCID (3)	Address of a buffer containing an array of layout identifiers.
INQEX_SETBASELOCALE (7)	Locale identifier.
INQEX_SETSYSLOCALE (8)	Locale identifier

The lpKBInfo parameter is not used if wAction specifies any other value.

nCount

Number of layout identifiers in the lpKBInfo buffer. This parameter is used only if wAction specifies INQEX_LPLCID.

The export ordinal for this function is 9.

New keyboard drivers should support both the InquireEx and Inquire functions.