You can, do this:
General decs:
Private Type OSVERSIONINFO
dwOSVersionInfoSize As Long
dwMajorVersion As Long
dwMinorVersion As Long
dwBuildNumber As Long
dwPlatformId As Long
szCSDVersion As String * 128 '
End Type
' API declarations:
Private Declare Function GetVersionEx Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "GetVersionExA" _
(lpVersionInformation As OSVERSIONINFO) As Long
Private Declare Sub keybd_event Lib "user32" _
(ByVal bVk As Byte, _
ByVal bScan As Byte, _
ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwExtraInfo As Long)
Private Declare Function GetKeyboardState Lib "user32" _
(pbKeyState As Byte) As Long
Private Declare Function SetKeyboardState Lib "user32" _
(lppbKeyState As Byte) As Long
' Constant declarations:
Const VK_CAPITAL = &H14
Const KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY = &H1
Const KEYEVENTF_KEYUP = &H2
Const VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT = 2
Const VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS = 1
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Dim CapsLockState As Boolean
Dim o As OSVERSIONINFO
o.dwOSVersionInfoSize = Len(o)
GetVersionEx o
Dim keys(0 To 255) As Byte
GetKeyboardState keys(0)
CapsLockState = keys(VK_CAPITAL)
If CapsLockState <> True Then 'Turn capslock on
If o.dwPlatformId = VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS Then '=== Win95/98
keys(VK_CAPITAL) = 1
SetKeyboardState keys(0)
ElseIf o.dwPlatformId = VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT Then '=== WinNT
'Simulate Key Press
keybd_event VK_CAPITAL, &H45, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY Or 0, 0
'Simulate Key Release
keybd_event VK_CAPITAL, &H45, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY _
Or KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0
End If
End If
End Sub