.net difference between right shift and left shift keys

Question

I am currently working on an application which requires different behaviour based on whether the user presses the right or left shift key (RShiftKey, LShiftKey), however whe

Answer 1

I don't know if this post will help you or not, but it looks like you may have to mess with InteropServices and Diagnostics:

MSDN Forum: How to send Left/Right shift key

Edit: I finally figured out how to make GetAsyncKeyState() work, as adrianbanks revealed.

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern short GetAsyncKeyState(Keys vKey);

private void theForm_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.KeyCode == Keys.ShiftKey)
    {
        if (Convert.ToBoolean(GetAsyncKeyState(Keys.LShiftKey)))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Left");
        }
        if (Convert.ToBoolean(GetAsyncKeyState(Keys.RShiftKey)))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Right");
        }
    }
}