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The Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator
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Ever wanted to quickly and easily define your own keyboard layout for a language Microsoft doesn't support? Or define your own keyboard layout so you can quickly and easily enter your favorite symbols with a simple keystroke? Have the keyboard work on 64-bit platforms, or make use of Vista's custom locales to provide new language names? Well, want no more: the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator is here!
The Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC) extends the international functionality of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003,and Windows Vistas systems by allowing users to:
| • | Create new keyboard layouts from scratch |
| • | Base a new layout on an existing one |
| • | Modify an existing keyboard layout and build a new layout from it |
| • | Multilingual input locales within edit control fields. |
| • | Build keyboard layout DLLs for x86, x64, and IA64 platforms. |
| • | Package the resulting keyboard layouts for subsequent delivery and installation. |
The older version of MSKLC (version 1.3) is still available and will work on all pre-Vista platforms. It requires version 1.0 or 1.1 of the .NET Framework.
Notice: This application is distributed "as is", with no obligations or technical support from Microsoft Corporation.
File Downloads & Installation Requirements
To install and use the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator tool, your system must meet the following requirements:
| • | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 or Windows Vista (MSKLC will not run on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME or Windows NT4). |
| • | Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 must be installed. If you have not already installed one of these versions of the .NET Framework, you can do so from the following URL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/updates/default.aspx |
Download: MSKLC.EXE (10.1 MB)
