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This message is sent immediately before the IME generates a composition string because of a keystroke. The message is a notification to an IME window to open its composition window. An application should process this message if it displays composition characters itself.

Syntax

WM_IME_STARTCOMPOSITION

wParam = 0;

lParam = 0;

Parameters

wParam

Not used.

lParam

Not used.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

If an application has created an IME window, it should pass the WM_IME_STARTCOMPOSITIONmessage to that window. The DefWindowProcfunction processes this message by passing it to the default IME window.

Windows Embedded CE applications cannot create IME windows.

Requirements

Header imm.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Other Resources

DefWindowProc