Keyboard drivers under Windows 2000 input characters as
Unicode.  Since Windows 2000 is Unicode-based, all Windows
2000 applications should have no problem in handling such
Unicode input.

Older platforms are a bit different.  Seem to recall seeing
a few different "work-arounds".  One method is to simply
continue typing text as has been done all along, in non-Unicode
encodings, and then convert the resulting files into Unicode
before they are exchanged with other people.  As the older
platforms become more and more obsolete, these "work-arounds"
will disappear.

Please see:
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/input/w2kbd.htm

and:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/keyboards/keyboards.asp

To design custom keyboard layouts under Windows:
http://www.tavultesoft.com/

Best regards,

James Kass

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adarsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 3:58 AM
Subject: regarding unicode input


> Hi,
>     I would like to know whether the keyboards for hindi and arabic etc
> sends input in the form of unicode or Ascii. If unicode  how to capture that
> input in programs.Are the keyboards easily available in market.
> Thanks & regards
> Adarsh.
> 
> 


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