Re: Enabling/Setting Keyboard Layouts
From: LD (exalibur_x_at_gmx.net)
Date: 05/12/04
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Date: 12 May 2004 05:20:43 -0700
Hi Konstantin
Thank you very much for your help!
I'm already on my way to understand what can be done with CMI.
But how do I get the Component scripts (e.g. the script of "Regional
and Language Options") you mentioned? Did you get these with
CMiExplorer?
Regards
Lukas
"KM" <konstmor@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<evnsHVGNEHA.620@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...
> Hi Lukas,
>
> I've taken a quick look at the "Language Support Prototype" and "Regional and Language Options" component's scripts and my first
> impression - automation for many things could be done from there.
> Particularly, if you implement your own component in place of the "Regional and Language Options" you may have additional UI
> elements to specify keyboard layouts for selected languages and default keyboard layout as well.
>
> --
> KM
>
> > Hi Lukas,
> >
> > Frankly, there is not much I can tell you about the CMI interfaces. They are undocumented and it will be hard for me to list the
> > functionality I reverse engineered from the XPe binaries. (I am not a good doc writer, I guess)
> >
> > As you know, CMI stands for Component Management Interface. This is the layer that seamlessly provides access to the XPe database
> > from set of tools (TD, CD, CDM), as well as provide for switching databases on the fly, a database communications layer was called
> > for in the overall architecture.
> > Basically, CMI is a set of objects that you have registered when you installed the XPe tools.
> >
> > For some examples on how use the CMI you may take a look at the CMI Explorer tool supplied along with XPe/SP1
> (VALUEADD\MSFT\SUPPORT
> > directory). Also, on www.xpefiles.com you will find my XPeTools set of components (I've just put the latest there, so please read
> > Readme.txt from the component zip to understand what the components do). Using the component you may get a feeling what could be
> > done (or automated) with the CMI object model.
> > XPeTools will also help you in hacking the "Regional and Language Options" component. What I see from the component script, that
> all
> > the locale specific information gets initialized and set within the script. It may not be hard to change (or implement your own)
> the
> > component that will carry the same functionality but plus the other things you need to accomplish.
> >
> > In case you need more info or help, you will need to contact me offline (konstmor @ _no_spam_hotmail.com).
> >
> > --
> > Konstantin
> >
> > > Thanks a lot!
> > >
> > > I will probably select the keyboard layouts manually, we actually have
> > > just about 4 languages. But maybe we will need an automated solution
> > > sometime in the future. I would appreciate if you can give me some
> > > more info on CMI, Konstantin.
> > >
> > > When I select several keyboard layouts, I would like to have just one
> > > of them active (installed) as my default keyboard layout and the other
> > > ones inactive in my system.
> > > I can't select the layout at "Regional and Language Options". It seems
> > > that I have to activate the default layout for the selected language
> > > in another component..
> > > Or am I wrong? Maybe that's also just possible with scripting?
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Lukas
> > >
> > >
> > > "KM" <konstmor@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<#CeoungMEHA.2488@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...
> > > > I agree with Slobodan - there is only CMI undocumented way.
> > > >
> > > > It shouldn't be hard to enumerate all "language support" component in the configuration and set their cmiLangKbdXXXX extended
> > > > properties to True.
> > > > Although, it would make a sense to put some efforts to do that automatically if you have many, many language support
> components
> in
> > > > your image.
> > > >
> > > > LD, let me know if you want to know more info on CMI or need some help with it (I may extend XPeTools macro component from
> > > > www.xpefiles.com to add this functionality if required).
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > KM,
> > > > BSquare Corporation
> > > >
> > > > > Only programmatically trough script. (this is undocumented)
> > > > >
> > > > > Konstantin will probably tell you more about how to do this.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Slobodan
> > > > >
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> > > > > "LD" <exalibur_x@gmx.net> wrote in message
> > > > > news:ab206e4e.0405040157.1c570f89@posting.google.com...
> > > > > > Hi
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I already searched through the NG and posted a Message a month ago,
> > > > > > but nobody could help me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As it seems to be impossible to use the Language Support components as
> > > > > > prototype while redefining the cmiLangKbdxxxx values, I wonder if
> > > > > > there is an another possibility to set one or more keyboard layout(s)
> > > > > > for a specific language. I'd like to have an automated solution, I
> > > > > > don't want to select the layouts manually in TD.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Somebody has the same problem?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > > > Lukas
> > > > >
> > > > >
> >
> >
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