Keydown on load

26 Jan 2006 12:06 PM

Dave

Hi all,

Has anyone got any idea on how to detect if the user is holding down a
key when a program starts? I have tried dealing with the forms
keypress event but to now avail... i have tried all key events.

All i want is for when the application starts, if the user is holding
down a key, it loads up the program with different values set...

Any ideas?

Dave

26 Jan 2006 12:18 PM

Armin Zingler

"Dave" <davesa***@gmail.com> schrieb
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone got any idea on how to detect if the user is holding down
> a key when a program starts? I have tried dealing with the forms
> keypress event but to now avail... i have tried all key events.
>
> All i want is for when the application starts, if the user is
> holding down a key, it loads up the program with different values
> set...
>
> Any ideas?

If Alt, Ctrl, Shift is sufficient, you can use the shared property
Control.ModifierKeys. Otherwise use the GetKeyState or GetAsyncKeyState API
function.

Armin

26 Jan 2006 1:15 PM

Dave

thats brilliant thank you, I knew it was something like that!