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Undocumented Input Method Editor Registry Settings in Windows CE .NET 4.2

Article ID: 825309

Article Last Modified on 5/17/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.2

SUMMARY

The documentation that was included with Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.2 lacks certain topics for East Asian input method editor (IME) registry settings.

The following topics are missing from the documentation:

Simplified Chinese Pocket IME UI Configuration Registry Settings
Simplified Chinese Pinyin IME UI Configuration Registry Settings
Traditional Chinese Pocket IME UI Configuration Registry Settings
Korean IME UI Configuration Registry Settings

This article describes how to obtain this information that has been added to the online documentation and to the Windows CE .NET 4.2 Help Update.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in Windows CE .NET Platform Builder Documentation version 4.2 for Windows CE .Net.

MORE INFORMATION

The User Interface (UI) of the Input Method Editors ( IME ) for East Asian languages can be configured by means of registry settings on the device. The documentation for Windows CE .NET 4.2 has been updated to include the four new topics that are listed in the "Summary" section.

These new topics include information about how to configure the UI of the Chinese IME and the Korean IME. The following topics are included:

How to hide the IME status window by means of a ShowState registry value.
How to verify the existence of an active Software-Based Input Panel (SIP) when you use Accelerators by means of the AutoCandAccel registry value.
How to set the orientation of the candidate list for the Korean IME by means of the Vertical registry value.

How to Obtain Updated Documentation

The updated documentation containing these new topics is now available online in the current Windows CE .NET 4.2 Platform Builder Documentation. For more information about the current version of this documentation, see the "References" section of this article.

You can also obtain the updated documentation by means of the "Windows CE .NET 4.2 Help Update". To obtain the updated documentation, follow these steps:

In Platform Builder, on the Help menu, click Start Page.
In the Platform Builder Start Page window, click Windows CE .NET 4.2 Help Update.
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If Windows CE .NET 4.2 Help Update does not appear in the Start Page window, follow these steps:
1. Click Notification History in the Start Page window.
2. Click Windows CE .NET 4.2 Help Update.
Follow the instructions to download and install the latest help update.
On the Help menu in Platform Builder, click the Index tab, and then type one of the four topics that are listed earlier in this article.