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Internationalization Guide
Using the Keyboard and Mouse
To accommodate the large number of characters in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, applications that use these languages typically use an input method editor. An input method editor (IME) is a program that accepts a keystroke combination, displays double-byte characters, and lets the user select one of them (by using the mouse or the keyboard). An input method maps a sequence of keystrokes to double-byte characters.
NOTE: On Windows, Progress does not provide its own input methods or IMEs. Rather, Progress supports the input methods and IMEs that Microsoft supplies and those that fully support the Microsoft standard.Data Flow In Single-byte Applications
Using an IME affects the flow of input through Progress applications. In single-byte applications, which do not need IMEs, input data travels as follows:
Once the input data reaches the keyboard buffer, the programmer can query it using the 4GL’s LASTKEY function and READKEY statement.
Figure 8–3 illustrates the flow of data through an application that does not use an input method editor.
Figure 8–3: Application That Does Not Use an Input Method Editor
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Data Flow In Double-byte Applications
In double-byte applications, which use IMEs, input data travels as follows:
As before, once input data reaches the keyboard buffer, the programmer can query it using the 4GL’s LASTKEY function and READKEY statement.
Figure 8–4 illustrates the flow of data through an application that uses an input method editor.
Figure 8–4: Application That Uses an Input Method Editor
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