Re: Detecting shift/alt keys

"Peter" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:24:54 +0100, Dodgy
> <Dodgy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
>> if HiWord(GetKeyState(vk_shift))<>0 then
>> // it's down
>> else
>> // it's up
>>
>>The alt key is vk_menu
[...]
> What I don't understand is where I should be checking. Form.onkeydown
> and form.onkeypress don't seem to do anything.

Link the controls to an action and check in the OnUpdate handler.

Groetjes,
Maarten Wiltink


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