multi-lingual keyboard input

From: Sam Denton (dejanews_at_email.com)
Date: 01/06/04 

Date: 6 Jan 2004 11:35:28 -0800

I'm adapting a Java-based typing tutor from QWERTY to (initially at
least) Cyrillic. My platform is Windows 2000 Professional. I've
installed Cyrillic keyboard support, and can use the Language Bar to
switch keyboard layouts at will. Using Notepad, I can enter Cyrillic
text into my Java program, and with a bit of work, it compiles and
runs. My GUI shows the proper characters when I paint the keyboard
layout, but keystrokes aren't being recognized.

If I click on the GUI, and then on the Windows Language Bar, I can
select the RU layout, but the language bar display doesn't change. I
have also tried opening a console and changing the input language. In
this case, the keyboard echos correctly to the console, but starting
my app from that command line doesn't seem to help. Do I need to set
the locale somehow? Is there anyway to "sense" the language bar
settings, and fix things up on the fly?

Thanks!

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