Is there a quick way (shory of writing out my own conversion array) to convert the DIK_A - DIK_Z constants into their ascii equivalents? It seems like there should be since i would imagine this would be a routine function. Or am I stuck writing a conversion table ;-)? Thanks, OGAPO Brought to you by: O.G.A.P.O. +----------------------------------------+ | Surgeon General''s Warning - | | OGAPO can cause serious mental damage | | if taken in large doses. | +----------------------------------------+ /* Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups */

Well I''m pretty sure DIK_A through DIK_Z have consecutive values, so you should just be able to do something like this (if the DIK_ constant is stored in dikCode):

BYTE asciiCode = dikCode + (''A'' - DIK_A);

This is just for letters though.

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just do a table, i did one today, no big deal... if you want me to send you mine, e-mail me. david@neonstar.net



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ironblaydes reply is the easiest way but i recommend doing what neonstar saiz and define your own conervsion routine in doing so u have the freedom to choose your method of polling the keyboard/mouse whatever



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Edited by - zedzeek on November 24, 2000 4:22:15 AM

DIK_A through Z are not consecutive (they corrispond to the keyboard scanning codes or so i've found). For anyone interested I actually ended up finding a GameDev article on it after a few more hours of digging. Thanks for the help though :-)

Here's the article


Edited by - ogapo on November 24, 2000 9:31:43 PM

whoops true i assumed they(a-z) would of been in order but they''re not (looked at the dinput header)

in case anyones interested what i do is the following
if (directinput.Keys[ DIK_RCONTROL ]) keyboard[ KEY_RCONTROL] = PUSHED;
if (directinput.Keys[ DIK_LCONTROL ]) keyboard[ KEY_LCONTROL] = PUSHED;
if (directinput.Keys[ DIK_SPACE ]) keyboard[ KEY_SPACE ] = PUSHED;

here i keep track of what keys are preesed in the keyboard[..] array

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