IME Aware Applications

There are the following types of applications:

• IME unaware applications : This type of application never intends to control the IME. However, if the application accepts DBCS characters, the user can enter any DBCS character into the application using IME.
• IME half-aware applications: This type of application typically controls various contexts of IME, such as open and close, composition form, and so on, but it does not display any user interface for IME.
• IME full-aware applications: This type of application is typically responsible for displaying any information given to it by IME.

In Windows 95, one IME unaware application is supported with one default IME window and one default input context.

An IME half-aware application creates its own IME windows using the predefined "IME" class, and may or may not handle its own input context.

An IME full-aware application handles the input context by itself. It displays any necessary information given by the input context. It does not use the IME window.