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Function name : GetKeyboardState

Group: Keyboard Input - Library: user32

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The GetKeyboardState function copies the status of the 256 virtual keys to the specified buffer.

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Code examples:

Reading virtual key status values and key names
Capturing keyboard activity of another application with the Raw Input API (VFP9)

Declaration:

BOOL GetKeyboardState(
  PBYTE lpKeyState   // array of status data
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetKeyboardState IN user32;
	STRING @lpKeyState  

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Parameters:

lpKeyState [in] Pointer to the 256-byte array that will receive the status data for each virtual key.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

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