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Click here to copy the following block Private Declare Function SystemParametersInfo Lib "user32" Alias _   "SystemParametersInfoA" (ByVal uAction As Long, ByVal uParam As Long, _   ByRef lpvParam As Any, ByVal fuWinIni As Long) As Long Const SPI_GETKEYBOARDDELAY = 22 Const SPI_GETKEYBOARDSPEED = 10 ' retreive current values for keyboard speed and delay ' ' DELAY is the timeout after which auto.repeat starts '    can range from 0 (250ms) to 3 (1 sec) ' SPEED is the speed of auto-repeat '    can range from 0 (2.5 repetitions/sec) to '         to 31 (about 30 repetitions/sec) ' ' Usage: '  Dim de As Long, sp As Long '  GetKeyboardRepeatInfo de, sp '  Print "Delay = " & de & " ms. - Speed = " & sp & " ms." Sub GetKeyboardRepeatInfo(Delay As Long, Speed As Long)   ' retrieve the delay   SystemParametersInfo SPI_GETKEYBOARDDELAY, 0, Delay, 0   ' retrieve the speed   SystemParametersInfo SPI_GETKEYBOARDSPEED, 0, Speed, 0 End Sub

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