How to know whether CapsLock is on

[Marc 0]

hi all, how do i know whether capslock is on? i do not mean whether is is pressed, something like this this doesnt work

class form1 'keypreview is true
inherits form
'windows forms designer generated code etc

private CapsOn as boolean = false

protected overrides sub onkeydown(e as keyeventargs)
mybase.onkeydown(e)
if e.keycode = keys.capslock then capson = not capson
end sub

end class

beacuse when capslock is on before app starts stuff goes the wrong way around... does anyone have a idea? a api or something? thanks, mouzik

[rudy net]

.Net framework didn't encapsulate all the Windows APIs yet so you will have to call the following windows api: Private Declare Function GetKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal virtKey As Integer) As Short Then call it. For example: if GetKeyState(Keys.CapsLock) = 1 then capson = true

[Marc 0]

thanks rudy! although it didnt work at first, i got it working in the end: Private Declare Function GetKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal virtKey As Integer) As Integer and to call it: CapsOn = CBool((GetKeyState(Keys.CapsLock) And 65535) - 65408)) thanks again!