Re: Key-press detection
- From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:39:31 +0000
CBFalconer said:
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.
If there's no keyboard, it's likely to be quite a short game.
Or perhaps a long one, since the user won't be able to quit! :-)
Note that he did not ask for a standard solution, but for a solution
that works on his platform. (Strictly speaking, he's asking in the
wrong group - he should be over in c.o.m-w.p.w32 - and no doubt this is
the point you're really trying to make.)
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