IKeymanKeyboard Interface

Introduction

The IKeymanKeyboard interface describes a keyboard in Keyman Engine for Windows API. It is a base class and describes both installed keyboards and keyboard files.

Interface Hierarchy

Properties

Bitmap read only

Returns the &bitmap icon from the keyboard file as an IPicture.

Copyright read only

Returns the &copyright string from the keyboard file.

DefaultBCP47Languages read only

Returns the set of default language ids for the keyboard as a space-separated list of BCP 47 codes. The first code in the list is the primary language.

DefaultHotkey read only

Returns the default hotkey for the keyboard.

DefaultPrimaryLanguage read only

Returns the default primary language id for the keyboard.

DefaultWindowsLanguages read only

Returns the set of default language ids for the keyboard as a space-separated list of hexadecimal strings.

Encodings read only

Returns the set of encodings supported by the keyboard layout.

Filename read only

Returns the fully-qualified filename of the keyboard file.

ID read only

Returns the identifier for the keyboard, which is the base name of the keyboard file without extension.

LayoutType read only

Returns the layout type of the keyboard as specified by the &mnemoniclayout store.

Message read only

Returns the &message string from the keyboard file.

Name read only

Returns the &name from the keyboard file.

Version read only

Returns the &keyboardversion string from the keyboard file.

Methods

GetCharsUsed()

Returns a string with every Unicode character used or generated by the keyboard.