How to know if CAPSLOCK key is Up, Down

Under Platform SDK, we can use GetKeyState. What's under .Net Framework. Brgds

I don't see .Net providing a simple way to do this. So, you have to use the good old GetKeyState directly. Declare this class first: [ ComVisibleAttribute(false), SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurityAttribute() ] internal class NativeMethods { [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling=true, CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Winapi)] public static extern short GetKeyState(int keyCode); public static int HIWORD(int n) { return ((n >> 16) & 0xffff/*=~0x0000*/); } public static int LOWORD(int n) { return (n & 0xffff/*=~0x0000*/); } } Then when you want to check if Caps is down, call: short state = NativeMethods.GetKeyState(0x14 /*VK_CAPTIAL*/); bool capsKeyDown = NativeMethods.HIWORD(state); -Praveen > Under Platform SDK, we can use GetKeyState. What's under .Net Framework. > > Brgds

There is a method for getting modifier key states on the keyboard. It is discussed in our FAQ entry: http://www.syncfusion.com/faq/winforms/search/656.asp

BUT this technique does not work for the CAPS LOCK key. So, the only way I know to get the state of the CAPS LOCK key is to use P/Invoke. Below is some code that seem to work for me.

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
...
...
[DllImport("user32.dll")] 
public static extern long GetKeyState(int vKey); 

const int VK_CAPITAL = 0x14;

private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
	if( GetKeyState(VK_CAPITAL) != 0)
		Console.WriteLine("the X-CapLock key is down");
}

HTH, Clay Burch

> I don't see .Net providing a simple way to do this. > > So, you have to use the good old GetKeyState directly. > > Declare this class first: > [ > ComVisibleAttribute(false), > SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurityAttribute() > ] > internal class NativeMethods > { > [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling=true, CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Winapi)] > public static extern short GetKeyState(int keyCode); > > public static int HIWORD(int n) > { > return ((n >> 16) & 0xffff/*=~0x0000*/); > } > > public static int LOWORD(int n) > { > return (n & 0xffff/*=~0x0000*/); > } > } > > Then when you want to check if Caps is down, call: > > short state = NativeMethods.GetKeyState(0x14 /*VK_CAPTIAL*/); > > bool capsKeyDown = NativeMethods.HIWORD(state); > > -Praveen > > > > Under Platform SDK, we can use GetKeyState. What's under .Net Framework. > > > > Brgds