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Function name : GetKeyboardLayoutName

Group: Keyboard Input - Library: user32

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The GetKeyboardLayoutName function retrieves the name of the active input locale identifier (formerly called the keyboard layout).

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Code examples:

Switching between keyboard layouts

Declaration:

BOOL GetKeyboardLayoutName(
  LPTSTR pwszKLID   // input locale identifier name
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetKeyboardLayoutName IN user32;
	STRING @pwszKLID  

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Parameters:

pwszKLID [out] Pointer to the buffer (of at least KL_NAMELENGTH characters in length) that receives the name of the input locale identifier

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

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