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copied!<p>I wrote mapping classes that map key code to character for WPF application. May be this can help.</p> <pre><code>public class KeyMapper { /// <summary> /// Map key code to character. /// If key code cannot be mapped returns empty char. /// </summary> public static char MapKey(Key key, bool shiftPressed, string culture) { CheckCulture(culture); int englishVirtuaCode = KeyInterop.VirtualKeyFromKey(key); return EnglishVirtualCodeToChar(englishVirtuaCode, shiftPressed, culture); } private static void CheckCulture(string culture) { InputLanguage language = InputLanguage.FromCulture(new CultureInfo(culture)); if (language == null) throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("culture {0} does not exist.", culture)); } private static char EnglishVirtualCodeToChar(int enlishVirtualCode, bool shiftPressed, string culture) { var scanCode = KeyMappingWinApi.MapVirtualKeyEx((uint)enlishVirtualCode, 0, EnglishCultureHandle); var vitualKeyCode = KeyMappingWinApi.MapVirtualKeyEx(scanCode, 1, GetCultureHandle(culture)); byte[] keyStates = GetKeyStates(vitualKeyCode, shiftPressed); const int keyInformationSize = 5; var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(keyInformationSize); KeyMappingWinApi.ToUnicodeEx(vitualKeyCode, scanCode, keyStates, stringBuilder, stringBuilder.Capacity, 0, GetCultureHandle(culture)); if (stringBuilder.Length == 0) return ' '; return stringBuilder[0]; } private static IntPtr EnglishCultureHandle { get { return GetCultureHandle("en-US"); } } private static IntPtr GetCultureHandle(string culture) { return InputLanguage.FromCulture(new CultureInfo(culture)).Handle; } /// <summary> /// Gets key states for ToUnicodeEx function /// </summary> private static byte[] GetKeyStates(uint keyCode, bool shiftPressed) { const byte keyPressFlag = 0x80; const byte shifPosition = 16; // position of Shift key in keys array var keyStatses = new byte[256]; keyStatses[keyCode] = keyPressFlag; keyStatses[shifPosition] = shiftPressed ? keyPressFlag : (byte)0; return keyStatses; } } public class KeyMappingWinApi { [DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern uint MapVirtualKeyEx(uint uCode, uint uMapType, IntPtr dwhkl); [DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern int ToUnicodeEx(uint wVirtKey, uint wScanCode, byte[] lpKeyState, [Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] StringBuilder pwszBuff, int cchBuff, uint wFlags, IntPtr dwhkl); [DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern short VkKeyScanEx(char ch, IntPtr dwhkl); } </code></pre>

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