API -> GetKeyboardLayout [ Library : user32.dll, Category : Keyboard ] [C#, VB, VB.net]

GetKeyboardLayout

Library : user32.dll Category : Keyboard

Api Example(s)
How to deal with multi-language input and keyboard layout using API ?

API Description :

The GetKeyboardLayout function retrieves the active input locale identifier (formerly called the keyboard layout) for the specified thread. If the idThread parameter is zero, the input locale identifier for the active thread is returned.

VB Declaration :

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Declare Function GetKeyboardLayout Lib "user32" (ByVaL dwLayout As Long) As Long

Parameters :

· idThread 
[in] Identifies the thread to query or is zero for the current thread.

Return :

The return value is the input locale identifier for the thread. The low word contains a language identifier for the input language and the high word contains a device handle for the physical layout of the keyboard.

OS Requirement :

Requires Windows NT 4.0 or later
Requires Windows 95 or later

Dotnet Replacement :

System.Windows.Forms.InputLanguage.CurrentInputLanguage