ImmConfigureIME doesn't work.

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ImmConfigureIME doesn't work.

AN 1

HKL hkl = GetKeyboardLayout(0);
REGISTERWORD regWord;
regWord.lpReading = NULL;
regWord.lpWord = NULL;

//if (!ImmConfigureIME(hkl, hWnd, IME_CONFIG_REGISTERWORD, &regWord))
//if (!ImmConfigureIME(hkl, hWnd, IME_CONFIG_SELECTDICTIONARY, &regWord))
if (!ImmConfigureIME(hkl, hWnd, IME_CONFIG_GENERAL, &regWord))
{
::MessageBox(hWnd, _T("failure"), _T("Test"), MB_OK);
}

Jeanine Zhang-MSFT 11,356 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-08-29T02:55:33.083+00:00

@AN

What do you mean "ImmConfigureIME doesn't work"?

According to the Doc: ImmConfigureIMEW function

The imm.h header defines ImmConfigureIME as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors.
AN 1 Reputation point

2022-08-29T03:14:51.33+00:00

I am creating it in Unicode version.
There are no compilation errors.
The build was successful.
It works fine on Windows 7, but failure on Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows is the Japanese version.
Jeanine Zhang-MSFT 11,356 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-08-29T07:29:00.693+00:00

@AN

Could you please tell us what you want to achieve through the ImmConfigureIME api?

Could you please provide some screenshots to briefly describe what is works fine and what is doesn't work.

Whether the project has been rebuilt on win10 and win11 using the win10 SDK and the win11 SDK?

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Jeanine Zhang-MSFT 11,356 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-08-29T02:55:33.083+00:00

@AN

What do you mean "ImmConfigureIME doesn't work"?

According to the Doc: ImmConfigureIMEW function

The imm.h header defines ImmConfigureIME as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors.
AN 1 Reputation point

2022-08-29T03:14:51.33+00:00

I am creating it in Unicode version.
There are no compilation errors.
The build was successful.
It works fine on Windows 7, but failure on Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows is the Japanese version.
Jeanine Zhang-MSFT 11,356 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-08-29T07:29:00.693+00:00

@AN

Could you please tell us what you want to achieve through the ImmConfigureIME api?

Could you please provide some screenshots to briefly describe what is works fine and what is doesn't work.

Whether the project has been rebuilt on win10 and win11 using the win10 SDK and the win11 SDK?

Answer 1

AN 1

The Microsoft Japanese IME has been updated with the Windows 10 Year Update (version 2004). Since then, this problem has been occurring.
If I try to use an earlier version of the IME, it will work.
However, we cannot force users to use the previous version of the IME because we want to use it in the applications we sell.

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Answer 2

AN 1

The IME I am using is the Microsoft IME that comes standard with the Japanese version of Windows.
I think the IME version is different between Windows 7 and Windows 10.
I think it is a bug of Windows that it does not support ImmConfigureIME by default.

Jeanine Zhang-MSFT 11,356 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-09-02T08:17:13.223+00:00

@AN

Since I'm using the English version of Windows, and I tried to reproduce your question, I installed the Japanese IME that comes with Microsoft.

Could you please try to use this IME? When I use this IME, it all can open the configurator window on win10.

If you use this IME in win10, you can open the configurator window. As far as I'm concerned, it is an issue with the IME that comes standard with the Japanese version of Windows.

Answer 3

AN 1

I want to show the word registration dialog.

HKL hkl = GetKeyboardLayout(0);
REGISTERWORD regWord;
regWord.lpReading = NULL;
regWord.lpWord = NULL;
ImmConfigureIME(hkl, hWnd, IME_CONFIG_REGISTERWORD, &regWord);

All of the following fail
ImmConfigureIME(hkl, hWnd, IME_CONFIG_REGISTERWORD, &regWord);
ImmConfigureIME(hkl, hWnd, IME_CONFIG_SELECTDICTIONARY, &regWord);
ImmConfigureIME(hkl, hWnd, IME_CONFIG_GENERAL, &regWord);

Nothing is displayed.
The return value of ImmConfigureIME is FALSE.

Link is successful even though it's not a problem.

It is a problem with Microsoft IME.
With Justsystems ATOK, there is no problem.

Jeanine Zhang-MSFT 11,356 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-09-01T08:34:27.35+00:00
@AN

Sorry for the late response.

I have tested on win7 win10 and win11. Could you please tell us are you using the same IME tested on win7 and win10?

I've found that when I use Chinese IME, it fails both on win7 and win10.

The reason is that when using Chinese IME, the API reports an error when looking for GetFunctionProvider in the IME.
Error code: 0x80040503
TF_E_NOPROVIDER: No function provider matching clsid was available
The value of pFuncProvider is NULL. So finally returned to failure.

When I use Japanese IME, it all can open the configurator window.
The pFuncProvider parameter has a value.

[+0x020] _pFuncProvider : 0x3680b0 [Type: ITfFunctionProvider *]

According to the ITfFunctionProvider interface. As long as the interface is implemented in the IME, the configure window can be opened, otherwise the value of the pFuncProvider parameter is NULL and the configure window cannot be opened.

As far as I'm concerned, firstly you should make sure the IME has implemented the function provider. And then the API could call the function provider's interface to open the configure window.

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