Declare Function GetKeyState Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal nVirtKey As Long) As Integer
GetKeyState determines the current status of a key. The function both finds whether the key is currently pressed down or not, and determines if the key is currently toggled. The keyboard information retrieved by this function is thread-specific; its information does not necessarily reflect key states pertaining to the system as a whole.
If the &H1 bit of the return value is set, the key is toggled. If the &H8000 bit of the return value is set, the key is currently pressed down.
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Const VK_LSHIFT = &HA0 Const VK_RSHIFT = &HA1 Const VK_LCONTROL = &HA2 Const VK_RCONTROL = &HA3 Const VK_LMENU = &HA4 Const VK_RMENU = &HA5
' This code is licensed according to the terms and conditions listed here. ' Declarations and such needed for the example: ' (Copy them to the (declarations) section of a module.) Public Declare Function GetKeyState Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal nVirtKey As Long) As Integer ' Determine whether the Q key is currently being pressed. ' The code runs when button Command1 is pressed. Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim keystate As Integer ' state of the Q key ' Get the state of the Q key as returned by the function. ' (vbKeyQ is a VB-defined constant for Q's virtual-key code) keystate = GetKeyState(vbKeyQ) ' Check the &H8000 bit of the return value. If keystate And &H8000 Then Debug.Print "The Q key is currently down." Else Debug.Print "The Q key is currently up." End If End Sub
GetAsyncKeyState, GetKeyboardState
Keyboard
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