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Is there .Net replacement for GetAsyncKeyState?

In VB6, I used a call to the Windows API, GetAsyncKeyState, to determine if the user has hit the ESC key to allow them to exit out of a long running loop.

Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal nVirtKey As Long) As Integer

Is there an equivalent in pure .NET that does require a direct call to the API?

Solution

  • You can find the P/Invoke declaration for GetAsyncKeyState from http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32/GetAsyncKeyState.html

    Here's the C# signature for example:

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern short GetAsyncKeyState(int vKey);