How do I get the current state of Caps Lock in VB.NET?

Question

How do I find out whether or not Caps Lock is activated, using VB.NET?

This is a follow-up to my earlier question.

Answer 1

I'm not an expert in VB.NET so only PInvoke comes to my mind:

Declare Function GetKeyState Lib "user32" 
   Alias "GetKeyState" (ByValnVirtKey As Int32) As Int16

Private Const VK_CAPSLOCK = &H14

If GetKeyState(VK_CAPSLOCK) = 1 Then ...

Answer 2

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.iskeylocked.aspx

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Public Class CapsLockIndicator

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        if Control.IsKeyLocked(Keys.CapsLock) Then
            MessageBox.Show("The Caps Lock key is ON.")
        Else
            MessageBox.Show("The Caps Lock key is OFF.")
        End If
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'CapsLockIndicator



using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public class CapsLockIndicator
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        if (Control.IsKeyLocked(Keys.CapsLock)) {
            MessageBox.Show("The Caps Lock key is ON.");
        }
        else {
            MessageBox.Show("The Caps Lock key is OFF.");
        }
    }
}