Controls.TImeMode Enumeration

TImeMode represents the current mode of an Input Method Editor (IME).

Pascal

TImeMode = (
  imDisable,
  imClose,
  imOpen,
  imDontCare,
  imSAlpha,
  imAlpha,
  imHira,
  imSKata,
  imKata,
  imChinese,
  imSHanguel,
  imHanguel
);

C++

enum TImeMode {
  imDisable,
  imClose,
  imOpen,
  imDontCare,
  imSAlpha,
  imAlpha,
  imHira,
  imSKata,
  imKata,
  imChinese,
  imSHanguel,
  imHanguel
};

File

Controls

Description

TImeMode represents the way an Input Method Editor operates to convert keyboard input typed on an Asian version of Windows. TImeMode has the following values:

Value	Meaning
imDisable	Shut down the IME. imDisable has no effect on Chinese, Taiwanese, or Korean IMEs.
imClose	Close the IME conversion window, but leave the IME running in the background. The IME can be reactivated by a hot key combination.
imOpen	Open the IME conversion window. The conversion mode is the last conversion mode used by the IME.
imDontCare	Launch the IME if it is disabled. The conversion mode is the last conversion mode used by the IME.
imSAlpha	Open the IME conversion window and set the conversion mode to accept single-width Roman alphabet input.
imAlpha	Open the IME conversion window and set the conversion mode to accept double-width Roman alphabet input.
imHira	Open the IME conversion window and set the conversion mode to double-width Hiragana. imHira is only available for Japanese IMEs.
imSKata	Open the IME conversion window and set the conversion mode to single-width Katakana (Hankaku Katakana). imSKata is only available for Japanese IMEs.
imKata	Open the IME conversion window and set the conversion mode to double-width Katakana (Zenkaku Katakana). imKata is only available for Japanese IMEs.
imChinese	Open the IME conversion window and set the conversion mode to double-width Chinese. imChinese is only available for Chinese IMEs.
imSHanguel	Open the IME conversion window and set the conversion mode to single-width Hanguel. imSHanguel is only available for Korean IMEs.
imHanguel	Open the IME conversion window and set the conversion mode to double-width Hanguel. imHanguel is only available for Korean IMEs.

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