VBA GetKeyState not working?

Peter h

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I can't seem to get this to work. I'm wondering if there is a preference that I need to turn on or something, but not sure. Can anyone give me any help?

Code:
Private Declare PtrSafe Function GetKeyState Lib "USER32" (ByVal nVKey As Long) As Integer

I'm getting a Run-Time Error 453: Cannot find DLL entry point GetKeyState in USER32
 

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Try importing the function by its ordinal number and see if it works for you.

For office 32 bit :
Code:
Declare PtrSafe Function GetKeyState Lib "user32" Alias "[COLOR=#ff0000]#1865[/COLOR]" (ByVal nVirtKey As Long) As Integer

For office 64 bit:
Code:
Declare PtrSafe Function GetKeyState Lib "user32" Alias "[COLOR=#ff0000]#1866[/COLOR]" (ByVal nVirtKey As Long) As Integer
 
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Try importing the function by its ordinal number and see if it works for you.

For office 32 bit :
Code:
Declare PtrSafe Function GetKeyState Lib "user32" Alias "[COLOR=#ff0000]#1865[/COLOR]" (ByVal nVirtKey As Long) As Integer

For office 64 bit:
Code:
Declare PtrSafe Function GetKeyState Lib "user32" Alias "[COLOR=#ff0000]#1866[/COLOR]" (ByVal nVirtKey As Long) As Integer

This worked. Thank you so much.
 
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