Re: Key-press detection

David Sweeney wrote:

I am using C++ (with the Visual C++ compiler) on Windows XP, and
I am hoping to develop a simple computer game. I would like to
know if there is a way to detect which key the user is pressing,
eg, if the user is pressing 'a', can that be transferred into a
character? Can you write:

char c = GetKeyPress();

or something similar?

Not without using something non-standard and system-specific. Most
systems that handle keyboards have means of handling this, but it
can't be standard, because the keyboard may not exist.

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