Changing the DEFAULT keyboard layout

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2 total messages Started by Jaromír Drozd Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:37

Author: Jaromír Drozd
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:37

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Hi,
is there any way how to change the default keyboard programatically (in
Windows NT)?
I would like to write an application, which could change the default
keyboard layout according to user's settings (stored in ini file). The
program will be started after the user logged in and I cannot restart
the system.
I simply need to do the same as when you change the default keyboard in
the Control Panel.
I know how to change the keyboard layout for the calling thread (using
ActivateKeyboardLayout function), but I need to do so for the entire
system.
In Win32 Help I found, that in Win95 the ActivateKeyboardLayout function
changes 'sets the input language for the current thread' while in WinNT
'for the entire system', but it seems to be confusing.
Thanks

Jaromir

Re: Changing the DEFAULT keyboard layout

Author: Michael (michka) Kaplan
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 15:35

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The only way to really do this is the methods thst script the control panel
settings, used in unattended setup. You can find these methods documented in
the resource kit....

--
MichKa

Michael Kaplan
(principal developer of the MSLU)
Trigeminal Software, Inc.  -- http://www.trigeminal.com/
the book -- http://www.i18nWithVB.com/

"Jarom�r Drozd" <xdroj03@vse.cz> wrote in message
news:3B9F571C.3CCCF3CC@vse.cz...
> Hi,
> is there any way how to change the default keyboard programatically (in
> Windows NT)?
> I would like to write an application, which could change the default
> keyboard layout according to user's settings (stored in ini file). The
> program will be started after the user logged in and I cannot restart
> the system.
> I simply need to do the same as when you change the default keyboard in
> the Control Panel.
> I know how to change the keyboard layout for the calling thread (using
> ActivateKeyboardLayout function), but I need to do so for the entire
> system.
> In Win32 Help I found, that in Win95 the ActivateKeyboardLayout function
> changes 'sets the input language for the current thread' while in WinNT
> 'for the entire system', but it seems to be confusing.
> Thanks
>
> Jaromir
>

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