TibKey 1.0

Technical note:
Some people have asked how to use Tibkey in
Database applications etc.

All the work in Tibkey is really done by routines
in the .dll KB_TIB.DLL, so the Tibetan keyboard can
easily be invoked by any application which can call a
Windows .dll.

The function prototypes for the DLL are:

*        <kb_tib.h>
**        function prototypes for <kb_tib.c>
**
**        these are all user-callable functions:
**        TibKybd  installs/removes the hooks and their subsidiary
**                  functions that perform the keyboard translations
**                  for the Tibetan language
**
**        GetVer    returns an integer version number for these routines
**
**        GetID    copies an ID string into a user supplied buffer
**                  the string contains the module name, version
**                  number and build date;  it should be 50 chars or so
**                  in length and be an LPSTR
*/

// keyboard translation toggle
extern "C" BOOL    __export FAR PASCAL TibKybd (BOOL, HTASK);

// version number function
extern "C" int __export FAR PASCAL GetVer (void);

// id function
extern "C" void    __export FAR PASCAL GetID (LPSTR);

// eof
 

For example, you can make a function to toggle the
Tibetan Keyboard  on/off from a 16-bit Visual Basic
application as follows:

' declarations:
Global hTask As Integer      ' hTask
Global gTibOn As Integer      ' Tibetan keyboard on/off flag
' hTask
Declare Function GetCurrentTask Lib "Kernel" () As Integer
' Tibetan keyboard translation routine:
Declare Function TibKybd Lib "kb_tib.dll"


Sub ToggleTibetan (OffOn as integer)

dim useless as integer
useless = TibKybd(OffOn, hTask)
gTibOn = Stat

End Sub


- Chris Fynn
 chris_fynn@hotmail.com