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

ActivateKeyboardLayout

Library : user32.dll Category : Keyboard

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

API Description :

The ActivateKeyboardLayout function sets the input locale identifier (formerly called the keyboard layout handle) for the calling thread or the current process. The input locale identifier specifies a locale as well as the physical layout of the keyboard.

VB Declaration :

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Declare Function ActivateKeyboardLayout Lib "user32" (ByVal HKL As Long, ByVal Flags As Long) As Long

Parameters :

· hkl 
[in] Input locale identifier to be activated. 
Windows 95/98/Me: This parameter can be obtained using LoadKeyboardLayout or GetKeyboardLayoutList, or it can be one of the values in the table that follows. 
Windows NT/2000/XP: The input locale id

Return :

Windows NT 3.51 and earlier: The return value is of type BOOL. If the function succeeds, it is nonzero. If the function fails, it is zero.

Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0 and later: The return value is of type HKL. If the function succeeds, the return va

OS Requirement :

Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later
Requires Windows 95 or later

Dotnet Replacement :

System.Windows.Forms.InputLanguage.CurrentInputLanguage