IMEMode Property

Returns or sets the description of the Japanese input rules. Can be one of the XlIMEMode constants listed in the following table. Read/write Long.

expression   Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Constant	Description
xlIMEModeAlpha	Half-width alphanumeric
xlIMEModeAlphaFull	Full-width alphanumeric
xlIMEModeDisable	Disable
xlIMEModeHiragana	Hiragana
xlIMEModeKatakana	Katakana
xlIMEModeKatakanaHalf	Katakana (half-width)
xlIMEModeNoControl	No control
xlIMEModeOff	Off (English mode)
xlIMEModeOn	On

Remarks

Note that this property can be set only when Japanese language support has been installed and selected.

Example

This example sets the data input rule for cell E5.

With Range("E5").Validation
    .Add Type:=xlValidateWholeNumber, _
        AlertStyle:= xlValidAlertStop, _
        Operator:=xlBetween, Formula1:="5", Formula2:="10"
    .InputTitle = ""
    .ErrorTitle = ""
    .InputMessage = "5  10 "
    .ErrorMessage = " 5  10 "
    .IMEMode = xlIMEModeAlpha
End With