IMEStatus Function

Description

Returns the current Input Method Editor (IME) mode of Microsoft Windows; available in Far East versions only.

Syntax

IMEStatus

Return Values

Japanese locale:

Constant

Value

Description

vbIMENoOP

0

No IME installed.

vbIMEOn

1

IME on.

vbIMEOff

2

IME off.


Constant

Value

Description

vbIMEDisable

3

IME disabled.

vbIMEHiragana

4

Hiragana double-byte characters (DBC).

vbIMEKatakanaDbl

5

Katakana DBC.

vbIMEKatakanaSng

6

Katakana single-byte characters (SBC).

vbIMEAlphaDbl

7

Alphanumeric DBC.

vbIMEAlphaSng

8

Alphanumeric SBC.


Chinese (traditional and simplified) locale:

Constant

Value

Description

vbIMENoOP


0

No IME installed.

vbIMEOn


1

IME on.

vbIMEOff


2

IME off.

Bit

Value

Description

Value

Description


0

0

No IME installed.

1

IME installed.

1

0

IME disabled.

1

IME enabled.

2

0

IME English mode.

1

Hangeul mode.

3

0

Banja mode (SB).

1

Junja mode (DB).

4

0

Normal mode.

1

Hanja conversion mode.