Add CI tests with a TSF client

[saschanaz]

Installing the DLL should be easy, but not sure how to select the IME to actually attach it the the client app.

[saschanaz]

Mocking a client with direct ITf* API calls is probably the best thing to do here.

[saschanaz]

Seriously this is the biggest blocker right now as I need to manually test everything by hand right now and that's booooring (and prone to mistake).

[saschanaz]

Perhaps see https://github.com/EasyIME/PIME/blob/ce3195a48475dfca577e63f16b265348b9c8f12a/tests/chewing_test.py ?

[yukawa]

Installing the DLL should be easy, but not sure how to select the IME to actually attach it the the client app.

Maybe you can try InstallLayoutOrTip API and/or ITfInputProcessorProfileMgr::ActivateProfile API. While the latter one has more flexibility (e.g. try to enable your TIP only on the calling process), afaik Microsoft recommends the former one for general installation purpose.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/input/input-method-editor-requirements#ime-installation

To create your own installation experience, call the ITfInputProcessorProfileMgr::RegisterProfile method to register the IME during installation. Don't write registry entries directly.

If the IME must be usable immediately after installation, call InstallLayoutOrTip to add the IME to user-enabled input methods, using the following format for the psz parameter:

<LangID 1>:{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}

Haven't tried, but maybe you can play with the following PowerShell code snippet to enable your TIP programmatically.

$memberDefinition = @'
[DllImport("input.dll", EntryPoint="InstallLayoutOrTip")]
public static extern bool InstallLayoutOrTip(
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string psz,
    int dwFlags);
'@
$inputDll = Add-Type -Name InputDll -MemberDefinition $memberDefinition -PassThru
$inputDll::InstallLayoutOrTip("0x0804:{89ADF27C-0863-4AD3-A463-F7ECFC75D01D}{2B574D86-3844-4136-8DD9-41E7829AC9F8}", 0)

There is also a nice write-up from the Keyman team about installing an IME/TIP.

https://github.com/keymanapp/keyman/wiki/Making-sense-of-the-Windows-Layout-Registration

Hope this helps.