>>>Hi All. Is it possible to test for just the shift key being held down? Or the Alt key or the Ctrl key - just by themselves?
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>>Want you the state or the notification of the event ?
>
>Hi Fabio. I would like to know if it is depressed or not ie. state.

Jos, you choose what you like more GetKeyState or GetAsyncKeyState

DECLARE SHORT GetKeyState IN WIN32API INTEGER
#define VK_SHIFT    0x10
#define VK_CONTROL  0x11

CLEAR TYPEAHEAD
WAIT WINDOW "NOW TEST GetKeyState" TIMEOUT 5
x=null
FOR k=1 TO 50
	DOEVENTS FORCE
	newX=GetKeyState( VK_SHIFT ) < 0
	IF m.newX = m.x
		LOOP
	ENDIF
	x=m.newX
	WAIT WINDOW IIF(m.x,"you enter with down","you enter with up") NOWAIT NOCLEAR
NEXT

CLEAR TYPEAHEAD
WAIT WINDOW "NOW TEST GetAsyncKeyState" TIMEOUT 5

DECLARE SHORT GetAsyncKeyState IN WIN32API INTEGER
x=null
FOR k=1 TO 5000000
	newX=GetAsyncKeyState( VK_SHIFT ) < 0
	IF m.newX = m.x
		LOOP
	ENDIF
	x=m.newX
	WAIT WINDOW IIF(m.x,"now is down","now is up") NOWAIT NOCLEAR
NEXT
WAIT CLEAR