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How do you check if the Control, Shift or Alt key is pressed at any given
time (not necessarily in a keyevent)?

Cheers,
Johnny J.
Sep 3 '07 #1
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Johnny J. wrote:
How do you check if the Control, Shift or Alt key is pressed at any
given time (not necessarily in a keyevent)?
You can use the Windows.Forms.C ontrol.Modifier Keys property:

\\\
If (Windows.Forms. Control.Modifie rKeys And Keys.Control) <0 Then
Debug.WriteLine ("Ctrl is pressed")
End If
If (Windows.Forms. Control.Modifie rKeys And Keys.Shift) <0 Then
Debug.WriteLine ("Shift is pressed")
End If
If (Windows.Forms. Control.Modifie rKeys And Keys.Alt) <0 Then
Debug.WriteLine ("Alt is pressed")
End If
///

HTH,

--

(O)enone
Sep 3 '07 #2
Thanks a lot - that solved my problem

Cheers,
Johnny J.


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Johnny J. wrote:
>How do you check if the Control, Shift or Alt key is pressed at any
given time (not necessarily in a keyevent)?

You can use the Windows.Forms.C ontrol.Modifier Keys property:

\\\
If (Windows.Forms. Control.Modifie rKeys And Keys.Control) <0 Then
Debug.WriteLine ("Ctrl is pressed")
End If
If (Windows.Forms. Control.Modifie rKeys And Keys.Shift) <0 Then
Debug.WriteLine ("Shift is pressed")
End If
If (Windows.Forms. Control.Modifie rKeys And Keys.Alt) <0 Then
Debug.WriteLine ("Alt is pressed")
End If
///

HTH,

--

(O)enone

Sep 3 '07 #3
On 3 Sep, 13:19, "Johnny J." <j...@altcom.se wrote:
How do you check if the Control, Shift or Alt key is pressed at any given
time (not necessarily in a keyevent)?

Cheers,
Johnny J.
If (My.Computer.Ke yboard.AltKeyDo wn) Then

or

If (My.Computer.Ke yboard.CtrlKeyD own) Then

or

If (My.Computer.Ke yboard.ShiftKey Down) Then

Phillip Taylor

Sep 3 '07 #4
Thanks Philip :-)

/Johnny J.
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On 3 Sep, 13:19, "Johnny J." <j...@altcom.se wrote:
>How do you check if the Control, Shift or Alt key is pressed at any given
time (not necessarily in a keyevent)?

Cheers,
Johnny J.

If (My.Computer.Ke yboard.AltKeyDo wn) Then

or

If (My.Computer.Ke yboard.CtrlKeyD own) Then

or

If (My.Computer.Ke yboard.ShiftKey Down) Then

Phillip Taylor

Sep 3 '07 #5

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