Re: Using GetAsyncKeyState() ?!!

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From: Schandler
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 08:20

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Thanks Dennis, your solution made it work perfectly.
thanks again

Schandler,


"Dennis Jones" <djones@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Chris Hill" <Chris244@aol.com> wrote in message
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> > On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:08:23 +0300, "Schandler"
> > <theslider@programmer.net> wrote:
> >
> > >I want to use the api function GetAsyncKeyState (int vkey) to know if a
> > >specified key is down at the moment I'm calling the function
> > >the win32 api help says that the function detectes if the key is down
if
> the
> > >"most significant bit is set" !! which I don't know what it means
> > >I tried to call the function to check if the Shift key is pressed on
> windows
> > >98 as follows
> >
> > Try this:
> > int keydown = (GetAsyncKeyState(VK_SHIFT) < 0);
>
> Or, more explicitly, check the most significant bit:
>
> bool keydown = ((GetAsyncKeyState(VK_SHIFT) & 0x8000) == 0x8000);
>
> - Dennis
>
>
>

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