Keypress and Ctrl or Shift when starting a application

Hey!

When people start my application I want to check if they are holding the CTRL button or SHIFT button down when they start my application.

If I can determine if they hold CTRL down, the application will do something else than if it wasent.

Can I do this with KEYPRESS?

Thanx!

wintel machines do not actually capture a key POSITION, they always capture key ACTIONS. That is, the hardware does not see where a key IS, it sees where a key GOES. SO ... when any key is presses and when any key is released, a signal is sent to the processor. Since you are looking to capture something that happens before your program starts (the PRESSING of the key), I don't think you are going to be able to.

It is possible that the key state is available via an API call, so that's going to be your only hope.