>See http://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/getting-additional-info-about-pressed-keyboard-or-mouse-keys

Thanks to you both.

The API call just traps the state of the modifier key. Looks like it works fine for Ctrl and Shift. Alas the ALT one is conflicting with the MENU popup call. You cannot call for the ALT when prompting the popup. I understand that this of course per MS-Win design:)