ingrid.yao@Eng 1997-08-02

Feature requested by Oracle:
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Whenever we invoke Japanese/Korean/Chinese IME on WebForms, the IME window
appears in root window (MDI window). What we expect is on-the-spot IME, or
over-the-spot IME.
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Different environments have different terminologies, so let me explain the
terminology I just used above. For Japanese/Korean/Chinese, we need IME
(Input Method Editor) in order to input multibyte characters. Since one
multibyte character usually requires multiple key strokes, we need a place
to construct our input. IME provides the place where we can construct
multibyte characters. There are four levels of implementations (below).
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        1. on-the-spot (the best one)
                We don't really see any additional window.
                Just looks like we are constructing multibyte characters
                right on the text field.
                After we invoke IME by a special key-conbination (Alt-~,
                Alt-Shift, etc.), we can start constructing/inputing multibyt
                characters. After we deactivate IME using similar or same
                key-conbination, we can only input ASCII characters.
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        2. over-the-spot (acceptable for some cases)
                There is a very small window which follows the cursor in the
                text field. This small window appears when we invoke IME
                and disappears when we deactivate IME.
                (Key-combinations to invoke/deactivate IME is same as above.)
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        3. off-the-spot
                There is a very small area usually on the lower-left corner
                of the application's window in which we construct multibyte
                characters.
                (Key-combinations to invoke/deactivate IME is same as above.)
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        4. root window (MDI window)
                There is a very small window which stays usually on the
                lower-left corner of the root window (MDI window).
                This small window appears when we invoke IME and disappears
                when we deactivate IME.
                (Key-combinations to invoke/deactivate IME is same as above.)
Please implement on-the-spot IME (or at least over-the-spot IME for some cases)
for WebForms in Developer/2000 R1.5 as customers in Japan/Korea/Taiwan/China
expect this level of IME implementation.