diff --git a/Pilz.Win32/Mapped/Keyboard.vb b/Pilz.Win32/Mapped/Keyboard.vb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3ce738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pilz.Win32/Mapped/Keyboard.vb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Imports Pilz.Win32.Native
+
+Imports Keys = System.Windows.Forms.Keys
+
+Namespace Mapped
+
+    Public Class Keyboard
+
+        Public Shared Function IsKeyDown(keyCode As Integer) As Boolean
+            Return (User32.GetKeyState(keyCode) & &H8000) < 0
+        End Function
+
+        Public Shared Function IsKeyDown(keyCode As Keys) As Boolean
+            Return IsKeyDown(CInt(keyCode))
+        End Function
+
+    End Class
+
+End Namespace
diff --git a/Pilz.Win32/Native/User32.vb b/Pilz.Win32/Native/User32.vb
index cf69991..3fcce54 100644
--- a/Pilz.Win32/Native/User32.vb
+++ b/Pilz.Win32/Native/User32.vb
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Namespace Native
         Public Shared Function ChildWindowFromPointEx(ByVal hWndParent As IntPtr, ByVal pt As POINT, ByVal uFlags As UInteger) As IntPtr
         End Function
 
+        <DllImport(LIB_USER32)>
+        Public Shared Function GetKeyState(keyCode As Integer) As Short
+        End Function
+
     End Class
 
 End Namespace
diff --git a/Pilz.Win32/Pilz.Win32.vbproj b/Pilz.Win32/Pilz.Win32.vbproj
index 14359cc..79a7177 100644
--- a/Pilz.Win32/Pilz.Win32.vbproj
+++ b/Pilz.Win32/Pilz.Win32.vbproj
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>True</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
     <IncrementVersionOnBuild>1.yyyy.Mdd.Hmm</IncrementVersionOnBuild>
-    <Version>1.2023.1027.851</Version>
+    <Version>1.2023.1113.1443</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" Version="4.5.0" />