Keyboards

The physical layout of keyboards varies from country to country. In addition, many languages require special key combinations to extend a keyboard's character support. When you design your application, keep in mind that keys might have different assignments. Key mappings that are ergonomic and support good work flow for one keyboard might be quite awkward and unusable for another. See Deploymentand Configuration for information on customizing OpenEdge keyboard mapping.

Applications running in countries that use multi-byte character sets often have to rely on an Input Method Editor (IME), which allows users to enter characters that exceed a keyboard's capabilities. For more information on IMEs, see UsingMulti-byte Code Pages