TSF Aware

The last set of interfaces implemented by the TSF manager are the 'odd-ball' interfaces that don't really fall into any other logical groups. Helpers The interfaces in this category provide auxiliary services for applications or text services. Interface Read More...

These interfaces manage the language bar and the items that display on the language bar. These interfaces are used exclusively by text services, and will be discussed further in a future post. Interface How to Obtain ITfLangBarMgr CoCreateInstance(CLSID_TF_LangBarMgr) Read More...

The next set of TSF manager interfaces are the enumerators. These are rather boring interfaces; they just enumerate things. Generally speaking, the enumerators enumerate things owned by the item that provides the enumerator. For example, IEnumTfContexts Read More...

The interfaces in this category allow you to be called back when certain events happen on another interface. These callbacks are generally referred to as 'event sinks'. Interface How to Obtain ITfSource QI on ITfThreadMgr , ITfContext , ITfCompartment Read More...

Our next stop on our tour through TSF brings us to the two most heavily used interfaces in text services: Contexts and Ranges. But first, a quick diversion to discuss the relationship between threads, documents, and contexts. The ITfThreadMgr object is Read More...

The next stop on the tour is an extended visit through the TSF manager interfaces. Since TSF implements a lot of interfaces, I decided to break them up into separate posts. I've also included a (very brief) description of how a text service (or application) Read More...