ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference
ActionScript classes > IME (System.IME) > setConversionMode (IME.setConversionMode method)

setConversionMode (IME.setConversionMode method)

Sets the conversion mode of the current IME.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 8

Parameters

mode:String - The conversion mode. Possible values are the IME mode string constants:

• ALPHANUMERIC_FULL
• ALPHANUMERIC_HALF
• CHINESE
• JAPANESE_HIRAGANA
• JAPANESE_KATAKANA_FULL
• JAPANESE_KATAKANA_HALF
• KOREAN

Returns

Boolean - Returns true if the conversion mode was successfully set; otherwise false.

Example

The following example gets the IME if the system has an Input Method Editor (IME) installed ( System.capabilities.hasIME) and sets the variable mode to that value.

var mode:String = System.IME.UNKNOWN;
if(System.capabilities.hasIME) {
    mode = System.IME.getConversionMode();
}
System.IME.setConversionMode(mode);
trace(System.IME.getConversionMode());

See also

ALPHANUMERIC_FULL (IME.ALPHANUMERIC_FULL property), ALPHANUMERIC_HALF (IME.ALPHANUMERIC_HALF property), CHINESE (IME.CHINESE property), JAPANESE_HIRAGANA (IME.JAPANESE_HIRAGANA property), JAPANESE_KATAKANA_FULL (IME.JAPANESE_KATAKANA_FULL property), JAPANESE_KATAKANA_HALF (IME.JAPANESE_KATAKANA_HALF property), KOREAN (IME.KOREAN property)

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