Perfect!!!! Thanks so much.

>>Is there some way to know if the shift key is down .... when the focus is on a different form?
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>>Background: from within my PEMEditor tool, which works when using either the Form or Class Designer, I want to know when the user has held the shfit key while using the designer (presumably for selecting multiple objects).
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>>Thus, normal techniques of capturing key movements or mouse movements are irrelevant, since these events are not occurring on my form.
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>>Thanks in advance.
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>&& do at startup
>declare short GetKeyState in User32 integer vKey
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>* Left SHIFT key
>#define VK_LSHIFT (0xA0)
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>* Right SHIFT key
>#define VK_RSHIFT (0xA1)
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>#define	VK_LSHIFT_DOWN		bittest(GetKeyState(VK_LSHIFT), 31)
>#define	VK_RSHIFT_DOWN		bittest(GetKeyState(VK_RSHIFT), 31)
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>if( VK_LSHIFT_DOWN or VK_RSHIFT_DOWN )
>   && yes
>endif
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