How to change keyboard layout at runtime

I had a problem, in which i had to change the keyboard from english to arabic and from arabic to english at runtime.

At first i was doing it with SendKeys.Send("+%") which is Alt + Shift. But this was not effiecient at all.
So for .Net, it can be done easily with


InputLanguage.CurrentInputLanguage = InputLanguage.FromCulture(New System.Globalization.CultureInfo(&H409))

where &H409 is the Hex for English and &H401 is for arabic.

Loop through InputLanguages in your system.

For Each s As InputLanguage In InputLanguage.InstalledInputLanguages
MsgBox(s.LayoutName)
Next


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The purpose of *.vshost.exe: Now we know

I have been wondering what the purpose of *.vshost.exe was when I ran apps from Visual Studio 2005.

Now I know. It's actually quite cool. Check it out:

VSHOST -- the Hosting Process

What is "vshost"?

This is the "hosting process". It is created whenever you build a project in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE. Its purpose is to provide support for improved F5 performance, partial trust debugging, and design time expression evaluation.

Should I deploy the "vshost" files with my application?

No. The "*.vshost.exe" and "*.vshost.exe.config" files are only for use in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE. They should never be run directly, and they shouldn't be deployed with your application.

The Debauchery of American Womanhood: Bikini vs. Burka

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Edit and continue won't work with vs2005?

Autodesk - Discussion Groups - Edit and continue won't work with vs2005?

For my problem, this didnt help, even after reading the entire page. So how i solved my problem.
Long time ago i had changed something in the settings of the Project Properties -> Debug -> Enable unmanaged code debugging. I have checked this. So now after reading this, i just out of curiousoty unchecked this, and VIOLA!!!! i could work with Edit and Continue in debug mode.

You see, a very big problem (at least for me) and a very small solution.

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