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Q258841: KybdStck.exe Manipulates the Keyboard Layout Stack from VFP

Article: Q258841
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfile kbSample kbAPI kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet
Last Modified: 10-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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KybdStck.exe is a sample that demonstrates how to use API functions to navigate
through the Keyboard Layout Stack that is used for multi-language support.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download
Center:

  KybdStck.exe
  (http://download.microsoft.com/download/vfox60/sample/60/w9x2k/en-us/kybdstck.exe)

Release Date: Apr-12-2000

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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CAUTION: You must have multi-language support enabled to run this sample form
effectively. For more information on enabling multi-language support, please see
the "References" section.

After downloading and unzipping KybdStck.exe to a temporary directory, run the
form KybdStck. The list box is populated with any loaded Keyboard Layouts.
Clicking on a language sets the keyboard layout to that language. Clicking on
the button at the bottom of the form displays the currently selected layout.

This form demonstrates the following points:

- The Init event of the list box uses the GetKeyboardLayoutList function to get
  the number of Keyboard Layouts loaded. It also uses the GetKeyboardLayoutName
  and ActivateKeyboardLayout functions to generate a list of the loaded
  layouts.

- The click event of the command button uses the GetKeyboardLayoutName function
  to get the name of the currently loaded layout.

- The click event of the list box uses the ActivateKeyboardLayout function to
  set the layout to the selected language.

REFERENCES
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The table Langlist.dbf is used as a lookup for the keyboard layout descriptions.
This list was obtained from the July 99 edition of the MSDN Library and can be
found under the index listing of the LoadKeyboardLayout function and then
following the link for Language Identifiers.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q141306 How to Enable Support for Multiple Languages in Windows

Additional query words: kybdstck

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Keywords          : kbfile kbSample kbAPI kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500 kbVFP600 kbVFP500a
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,6.0

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