While playing around with a python keylogger I had a problem finding out a way to detect keyboard input locale. After spending whole afternoon trying to make it work, I finally succeeded (IMHO :) ). If you have better/shorter/more pythonic way to do it, I will be more than happy to hear about it.
Anyway, start the script, open other apps (browser, notepad, whatever...) and switch between input locales. Have fun ;)
<Python>
from ctypes import *
from _winreg import *
import sys, time
user32 = windll.user32
layout_map={}
def FindLocaleName():
hklm = ConnectRegistry(None, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
path = "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts"
key = OpenKey(hklm, path)
layouts = []
for i in range(1024):
try:
layouts.append(EnumKey(key, i))
except:
pass
CloseKey(key)
for subkey in layouts:
path = "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts\\"+subkey
key = OpenKey(hklm, path)
txt = QueryValueEx(key, "Layout Text")
layout_map[subkey]=txt[0]
CloseKey(key)
def MapLayout(kbd):
base = str(kbd[5:])
pad = '0000'
layout = pad+base
if layout in layout_map:
layout_name = layout_map[layout]
return layout_name
else:
print "Can not find layout %d", layout
def Keyboard():
w = ""
l = ""
while 1:
time.sleep(1)
tid = user32.GetWindowThreadProcessId(w, 0)
if (w == user32.GetForegroundWindow()) and (l==hex(user32.GetKeyboardLayout(tid))):
pass
else:
w = user32.GetForegroundWindow()
tid = user32.GetWindowThreadProcessId(w, 0)
kbd = hex(user32.GetKeyboardLayout(tid))
l=kbd
buf_size = user32.GetWindowTextLengthA(w)
buf=c_buffer(' ' * buf_size)
window_text = user32.GetWindowTextA(w,buf,256)
window_name = "".join(buf)
print ' window name:\t', window_name
print 'window handle:\t', w
print 'locale:\t\t', kbd
layout_name=MapLayout(kbd)
print 'locale name:\t', layout_name
sys.stdout.flush()
def SelfPraise():
print " "
print " _"
print " _ __ ___| |_ ___ ___ ___ "
print "| '_ \ / _ \ __/ __|/ _ \/ __|"
print "| | | | __/ |_\__ \ __/ (__ "
print "|_| |_|\___|\__|___/\___|\___|"
print " http://www.netsec.rs"
print " dejan.levaja@netsec.rs "
if __name__ == '__main__':
SelfPraise()
FindLocaleName()
Keyboard()
</Python>