Checking if CAPS LOCK is on or off

[Gidi]

Hi,

How can I check if the caps lock is turned on\off ?

example will be appreciated...

Thanks,
Gidi

[Michael Nemtsev]

[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling=true,
CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Winapi)]
public static extern short GetKeyState(int keyCode);

bool isCapsLock = (((ushort) GetKeyState(0x14 /*VK_CAPITAL*/)) & 0xffff) != 0;
bool isNumLock = (((ushort) GetKeyState(0x90 /*VK_NUMLOCK*/)) & 0xffff) != 0;

"Gidi" wrote:

Hi,
How can I check if the caps lock is turned on\off ?
example will be appreciated...

--
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche

[Gidi]

Thank you very much Michael.

You helped me a lot.

"Michael Nemtsev" wrote:

[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling=true,
CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Winapi)]
public static extern short GetKeyState(int keyCode);

bool isCapsLock = (((ushort) GetKeyState(0x14 /*VK_CAPITAL*/)) & 0xffff) != 0;
bool isNumLock = (((ushort) GetKeyState(0x90 /*VK_NUMLOCK*/)) & 0xffff) != 0;

"Gidi" wrote:

Hi,
How can I check if the caps lock is turned on\off ?
example will be appreciated...

--
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche