kbhit equivalent

Patrick Ribault

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Jul 2, 2007, 6:24:04 PM7/2/07

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I found this question a lot of time on google, but I never find the answer.

On WCE 5.0 & VS2005 I need to ckeck for keypressed in a console application.
On Windows and Linux (my application is cross platform compliant) I'm using

if (_kbhit())
_getch ();

Do you know how can I get it working on WCE ?

Thank you
Patrick

voidcoder

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Jul 2, 2007, 6:48:47 PM7/2/07

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GetKeyState()

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa453132.aspx

Riki

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Jul 2, 2007, 7:00:10 PM7/2/07

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GetKeyState or GetAsyncKeyState

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa453132.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms929204.aspx

riki

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rjb_uk

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Jul 17, 2007, 3:32:29 AM7/17/07

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I have the same question as Patrick,

GetKeyState()
GetAsyncKeyState()

These functions don't tell me if getch() will block when I call it. I wan't
to port code like this.. which is not possible using the above functions.

while(something)
{
if(kbhit())
{
key = getch();
do somthing
}
}

Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]

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Jul 17, 2007, 12:29:18 PM7/17/07

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You'll have to change how you think about that sort of code; what you have
there does not port to Windows CE. You might create a window-based
application and do your something as a result of WM_CHAR arriving, I guess.

Paul T.

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Patrick Ribault

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Aug 5, 2007, 7:45:10 PM8/5/07

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If you're in console mode (as I'm) it looks like there is no equivalent.

Patrick.

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Patrick Ribault

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Aug 28, 2007, 5:09:06 PM8/28/07

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Well, how to to catch WM_CHAR in a console application :)

PR

Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]

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Aug 28, 2007, 5:21:27 PM8/28/07

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As I said, "create a window-based application and do your something as a
result of WM_CHAR arriving". I can't think of any way to receive a WM_CHAR
that you're sure will be directed to you, other than to have a window and
use WM_CHAR message processing in it. You could use a low-level keyboard
hook to see all keys pressed, but some of those would likely not be targeted
at you and figuring out which was which might be more trouble than it's
worth.

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malielec

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May 24, 2010, 4:18:27 AM5/24/10

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GeyKeyState() does not take 0 argument. i want to take the information about if there is any keyboard input. instead of _kbhit() what can i use???

rjb_u wrote:

I have the same question as Patrick,GetKeyState() GetAsyncKeyState()These

17-Jul-07

GetKeyState()
GetAsyncKeyState()

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On Monday, July 02, 2007 6:24 PM
Patrick Ribault wrote:

kbhit equivalent

I found this question a lot of time on google, but I never find the answer.

On WCE 5.0 & VS2005 I need to ckeck for keypressed in a console application.
On Windows and Linux (my application is cross platform compliant) I'm using

if (_kbhit())
_getch ();

Do you know how can I get it working on WCE ?

Thank you
Patrick

On Monday, July 02, 2007 6:48 PM
voidcoder wrote:

Re: kbhit equivalent
GetKeyState()

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa453132.aspx

Patrick Ribault wrote:

On Monday, July 02, 2007 7:00 PM
Riki wrote:

Re: kbhit equivalent

Patrick Ribault wrote:
GetKeyState or GetAsyncKeyState

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa453132.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms929204.aspx

riki

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On Tuesday, July 17, 2007 3:32 AM
rjb_u wrote:

GetKeyState()
GetAsyncKeyState()

On Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:29 PM

Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] wrote:

You'll have to change how you think about that sort of code; what you have
You'll have to change how you think about that sort of code; what you have
there does not port to Windows CE. You might create a window-based
application and do your something as a result of WM_CHAR arriving, I guess.

Paul T.

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On Sunday, August 05, 2007 7:45 PM
Patrick Ribault wrote:

If you're in console mode (as I'm) it looks like there is no equivalent.

If you are in console mode (as I am) it looks like there is no equivalent.

Patrick.

On Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:09 PM
Patrick Ribault wrote:

Re: kbhit equivalent

Well, how to to catch WM_CHAR in a console application :)

PR

On Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:21 PM

Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] wrote:

As I said, "create a window-based application and do your something as a
As I said, "create a window-based application and do your something as a
result of WM_CHAR arriving". I can't think of any way to receive a WM_CHAR
that you're sure will be directed to you, other than to have a window and
use WM_CHAR message processing in it. You could use a low-level keyboard
hook to see all keys pressed, but some of those would likely not be targeted
at you and figuring out which was which might be more trouble than it's
worth.

Paul T.

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