Using GetKeyState()

Question

I would like to have a boolean event toggle when a key is pressed. Specifically, the \'s\' key. I have been pointed to the function GetKeyState(), which supposedly works und

Answer 1

I use a global variable bool altgr

Example:

void Editor::HandleKey(char car) {

    bool shift = false;
    //bool altgr = false;
    bool printable = false;

    if (car == 27) SendMessage(hwnd, WM_DESTROY, 0, 0);

    if ((GetKeyState(VK_CAPITAL) & 0x0001) == 1) shift = true;
    if ((GetKeyState(VK_SHIFT) & 0x8000) == 0x8000) shift = true;
    // if(GetKeyState(VK_RMENU) & 0x80000000 == 0x80000000) altgr = true;
    if (car == 18) altgr = true;