How to switch to English input in Visual Basic

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Ben K. Bullock - 08 Mar 2006 01:29 GMT

I am using a Japanese version of Windows XP, which means I can switch the
input between Japanese and English by pressing a key on the keyboard. How
can I do this switch in Visual Basic? I have tried recording the keystrokes
with a macro to see what Visual Basic would record, but it didn't register
what I had done, and the recorded macro was just an empty subroutine.

I understand this is a difficult question, but thanks for any help with
this.

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Word Heretic - 08 Mar 2006 09:17 GMT

G'day "Ben K. Bullock" <benkasminbullock@gmail.com>,

this is a system call to Windows, not a Word function. If you don't
get any joy here, try a windows group.

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Ben K. Bullock reckoned:

>I am using a Japanese version of Windows XP, which means I can switch the
>input between Japanese and English by pressing a key on the keyboard. How
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>I understand this is a difficult question, but thanks for any help with
>this.

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Ben K. Bullock - 10 Mar 2006 00:15 GMT

Thanks to Word Heretic and Helmut Weber for help in solving this problem.

From a tip on another newsgroup, (microsoft.public.jp.word) I found the
solution, but unfortunately it turns out that it is not possible to control
the IME from Visual Basic unless one turns off various other functions of it
beforehand. The original post from Microsoft is in Japanese, unfortunately:
I don't know if there is an English version of the following, but it
explains the solution to the problem.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/418768/JA/

> G'day "Ben K. Bullock" <benkasminbullock@gmail.com>,
>
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>>I understand this is a difficult question, but thanks for any help with
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Helmut Weber - 08 Mar 2006 12:33 GMT

Hi Ben,

an example for Hebrew to English:

http://groups.google.de/group/microsoft.public.il.hebrew.vb/browse_frm/thread/d8
7c9792ae83add0/e15b2363953ff2fd?lnk=st&q=alt+shift+API+group%3Amicrosoft.public.
*&rnum=2&hl=de#e15b2363953ff2fd

Another one here for Russian, Greek and English:
http://groups.google.de/group/microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion/browse_frm/
thread/9416cc59b65805f2/cae83e9cf5a50473?lnk=st&q=alt+shift+API+group%3Amicrosof
t.public.*&rnum=9&hl=de#cae83e9cf5a50473

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