[APP] Japanese display and input addon (updated 2009.07.03)

What this does is that it enables display and input of Japanese characters. It can for instance be used to read web pages, or together with a dictionary program such as EBPocket and commercial dictionaries.

USAGE NOTES: READ THIS FIRST

This .cab is designed for a CLEAN/HARD RESET device. If you have other Japanese enabling software like decuma, CE-star, letsjapan etc. installed, remove them. I have no idea how they might interact with each other without testing. This file is a single install that has everything you need and want to get JP display and input working. If it doesn't work and you had some other type of JP enabling software previously installed, try a hard reset.

After installation and soft reset you'll notice you now have several new keyboard SIPs available. HOWEVER JAPANESE INPUT WILL NOT WORK JUST BY CLICKING ON THEM. You have to activate it first.

Diamond/device with no keyboard: Bring up the regular software keyboard. Press ctrl, shift, shift, ctrl. In that order. You can now switch to any of the Japanese keyboards and JP input will work. T9 input will be disabled for that session. If this doesn't work either try using PQzII to switch keyboards (I don't know if this works) or change the registry setting mentioned below.

Raphael/device with H/W keyboard: The instructions are basically the same as for the Diamond, except that you can do the activation using the hardware keyboard, if you want. Press ctrl+shift at the same time to activate it. Do not press them in succession like on the software keyboard.

JP input will only be activated on a per program basis, so you can have EBPocket open and use Japanese, and then switch to a writing a text message and use T9 or a localized keyboard. Once JP input has been activated, you can use ctrl+shift again to switch back and forth between a regular (non-localized/non-T9) layout and Japanese. On the Diamond just switch from kana to eigo mode instead, using the soft keyboard. Restarting a program will cause the keyboard to revert back to t9/localized.

If you want to change this behavior and avoid having to activate every time you want to type in Japanese, change the following registry key:

From

to

Note that this will completely disable T9/localized input. You can also use this to change the default keyboard if you use a SIP other than 409. In that case you also have to change the value in Preload\1 to match.

NOTES FOR THE 6.5 EXPERIMENTAL VERSION

This is for VGA/WVGA only. If you need other resolutions, use the regular cab (it works on 6.5). Some files (most notably wince.nls) have been extracted from WM6.5, but this is by no means a complete port. The romaji SIP has been removed to reduce SIP clutter and memory footprint. Reloadnls has been removed as I found that it was no longer needed, at least on my Raphael.


COMPATIBILITY NOTES

People are reporting problems with the HD2, so until those are fixed I recommend you not use this

Some Japanese software requires that the regional settings in the Control Panel be set to Japanese, in order for them to work. If you have any problems with display of Japanese characters, try changing that first. While this add-on doesn't set that default, it does add the setting itself to the control panel applet. Note that changing this setting will also change the language for some multi-language applications, such as Google Maps Mobile.

NEW: If you're having trouble with compatibility, you can also try the ime6compat.cab file I've attached below (install after the main file). It contains registry settings with the previously mentioned settings as default instead, and should be tried before reporting any issues in the thread.

If you're having trouble with the names of the input modes not showing up, the cab failed to install properly. This can either be fixed by reinstalling (you may have to try multiple times), or you can use the ime6SIPnamefix.cab file to replace the names of the SIPs with romaji equivalents.

The main .cab file contains files for all known screen resolutions, so should work on pretty much anything out there, including the Touch HD. If you're scrapped for space, you can delete some files from the Windows folder.

For QVGA devices delete the following (4.8 MB):

mboxjpn.192.dll
mskana.192.dll
msimj.192.dll
mboxjpn.128.dll
mskana.128.dll
msimj.128.dll

For 320x320 resolution devices delete the following (3.5 MB) :

mboxjpn.96.dll
mskana.96.dll
msimj.96.dll
mboxjpn.192.dll
mskana.192.dll
msimj.192.dll

For VGA resolution and higher devices delete the following (1.77 MB) :

mboxjpn.96.dll
mskana.96.dll
msimj.96.dll
mboxjpn.128.dll
mskana.128.dll
msimj.128.dll

It has been tested as working on WM5 and newer, including 6.5. However, install at your own risk. I will not be held responsible if this does not work for some reason, or messes up your device.


Download link

Regular version
Experimental WM6.5 version

History:

2009.07.03

Added experimental WM6.5 version.

2009.05.01

Cleaned up some corrupt registry entries and updated some of the files to a newer version from the Softbank X05HT. Changes should be mostly cosmetic however, so no need to update if it's already working.

2009.01.02

Reverted to original wince.nls, removing Chinese support (it was patchy anyway - and needed a different font to work completely). Memory footprint should be a tad reduced, and may also affect (improve) stability.
Attached .cab file with registry settings for people with compatibility issues.

2008.12.05

Added support for 320x320 devices.
Added some limited support for displaying Chinese - will be switched out to a separate file later with full support.
Switched core from letsjapan to reloadnls.

2008.11.16

Removed default region setting to accommodate multi-lingual apps.

2008.11.15

Removed SystemLCID setting so that font bolding works the same way as prior to installation.

2008.11.14

Fixed "\" being shown as "¥".
Added Option3="D".
Initial release.

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First two re-enable hardware keyboard and buttons.

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You don't need to re-enable it, it works. What you suggest will also break T9/localized input as I mentioned in the top post. If you just want the JP IME as default, all you need to do is change preload, not preload\1.

I'll have a look at the other two you mentioned.

EDIT: Of the other two options you mentioned, one was already set (the 409 one) and the other does nothing that I can tell. Can you describe in more detail what exactly it's supposed to do?

NM. Ignore this.

genfersee said:

After a soft reset you should have your "\" back. The entry for changing the "\" for "¥" is 00a5. So maybe you want to add only this value to the key.

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The code was 005c, not 00a5. Delete the courier new entry and change the Tahoma one to the one you mentioned. I'll be changing it in the .cab to match.

EDIT: Done. If you still have problems, try adding 005c back in front. Deleting it should normally change "¥" to "\" as you mention, but something sounds like it's broken on your end, maybe due to compatibility issues with some other conversion app. Only other thing I can suggest is to try a hard reset and start from scratch. It's possible to change the names of the Japanese SIPs to something that doesn't contain Japanese characters, but unless other people have the same problem, I'd rather not.

I have a Raphael too, so it's not an issue .

On the Raphael, you need to set both Preload and Preload\1 to 411

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Not with this .cab - you just need to change Preload itself. 411 is already set in Preload\2 to facilitate switching keyboard layouts.

I see what you mean by the D option now - I'll add it.

Setting Layouts\e0010411 to 409 addresses an older problem where WM would load IMEJP properly, but would not let you switch to any IMEJP SIPs. Specifically, everytime you try to select Kensaku/Tegaki/etc WM would always revert to the standard "Keyboard" SIP.

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Already set in the original CAB .

I'm not using IME_31J_F. I've modified things a bit for a more streamlined install, including adding the ability to switch keyboard layouts between 409 and 411 so T9/localized keyboards work.

PQzII works fine by the way, just like in the video linked. Ctrl+shift does the same thing though, so I doubt I'll bother with it.

I'll look into it.

Okay, I found the problem. It's not the font, but instead the SystemLCID setting:


That sets the system region to Japanese, which means that it will behave exactly as a Japanese winmo install - on my emulator the fonts in Japanese WinMo don't appear in bold for those parts of the OS.

So what I've done is that I've created a new cab which doesn't contain that key. It will remain unchanged, even if you changed the regional settings in the control panel. From my limited testing, things seem to work, but I can't guarantee anything. Please try it out. If there's any compatibility issues, you can try changing the key above, but make note of the original value so you can change it back again.

Let me know if everything works, and I'll replace the links in the top post.

http://rapidshare.com/files/164079800/JPIMEWM6.rar.html

Just change the regional setting in the control panel to match whatever region you prefer, and the language for Google Maps will change. The problem is that some applications require the regional setting be set to Japanese, in order for them to work. I'll change it and make a note about software compatibility in the top post and readme.

As for the SIP symbol, I'm not sure what's causing that. It doesn't happen in any of the WinMo emulators, so I'm thinking it must be specific to HTC. That makes it much harder to figure out too. Ultimately it's not worth the effort I think.

Did you try both using the hardware keyboard and the soft keyboard? The reason it doesn't work with the hardware keyboard I suspect is because you have to hit the FN key to get ctrl working on the Hermes, and that will change the behavior of the shift key to capslock instead.