Overview of the IME User Interface (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

The Input Method Editor (IME)–provided UI consists of the Status, Composition, Candidate, and Guideline windows. By default, the IME creates and manages these windows for all windows that require text input. For most applications, this default processing is sufficient. An application that relies entirely on the IME for its UI is considered IME–unaware because it is unaware that an IME is functioning in the system.

In contrast, an IME-aware application participates in the operation of the IME. Such an application can control the operation, position, and appearance of the IME, or can even provide its own view of the composition string and candidate list.

In This Section

  • Working with Input Contexts
    Walks through the methods which create an input context and an input method context, and manages their handles.
  • Working with the IME Candidate Window
    Provides a description of how to work with the window that contains a list of candidate characters for the selected character in the composition window.

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Working with the Input Method Editor