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Regarding Win32 Input...

OrigamiMan64 · 2004-04-18T18:32:24

How can I get input that distinguishes between every key on the keyboard? The GetAsyncKeyState function, which takes a virtual key code, seems to be a bit too helpful, in that it maps both enters to the same virtual key and, if the numlock is off, all of the special features under the numpad numbers get mapped to their corrispondents in the middle. This is very bad for mapping game controls. Here's a quick and dirty program that demonstrates what I mean: #include <windows.h> #include <cstdio> int main ( ) { COORD zero; zero.X = 0; zero.Y = 0; while ( true ) { SetConsoleCursorPosition ( GetStdHandle ( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE ), zero ); for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < 256; i++ ) { SetConsoleTextAttribute ( GetStdHandle ( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE ), BACKGROUND_BLUE | ( ( GetAsyncKeyState ( i ) & 0x80000000 ) ? BACKGROUND_INTENSITY : 0 ) ); printf ( "%X", i%16 ); if ( i%16 == 15 ) { printf ( "\n" ); } } } return 0; } [Edit by Oluseyi: Because horizontal scrolling is just wrong.] please help [edited by - Oluseyi on April 13, 2004 7:36:27 PM]

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Started by OrigamiMan64 April 13, 2004 06:25 PM

10 comments, last by OrigamiMan64 20 years ago

OrigamiMan64

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April 18, 2004 06:10 PM

yah, win32 input probably isnt really designed for what I want to do, I may change to DirectInput if it becomes a major problem. Thanks.

Oluseyi

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April 18, 2004 06:32 PM

quote:Original post by OrigamiMan64
that didn''t help, and in fact didnt work at all. with the following code, none of the keys ever lit up on my screen.

You don''t have a message queue.

Call PeekMessage to force the creation of a message queue if one doesn''t exist already. Use GetConsoleWindow to retrieve the handle to the console window.

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