Another Win32 Question again: Is there a function to read keys (like getch()) in the Win32 API? Getch doesn''t seem to work, and the WM_ONKEY message doesn''t work when in DirectDraw full-screen mode. Sludge Software www.sludgesoft.com Developing a secret of mana style role-playing-game

well, you have two options. One is to use GetAsyncKeyState(), the other is to use DirectInput.

To use GetAsyncKeyState(), use these macros:

#define KEYDOWN(vk_code) ((GetAsyncKeyState(vk_code) & 0x8000) ? 1 : 0)#define KEYUP(vk_code) ((GetAsyncKeyState(vk_code) & 0x8000) ? 0 : 1) 

then use it like this:

if (KEYDOWN(VK_RETURN)){  ...do stuff...} 

Alternatively, you can learn DirectInput, which really is not hard to learn at all when it comes to keyboard input.


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Thanks.

And yes, I already know how to use DirectInput, I just wanted to know how to do it without it

Sludge Software
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Developing a secret of mana style role-playing-game

heh,

i use WM''s and store all of the keystrokes between frames in a LL to be executed each frame.

that way,i don''t lose a keystroke if they -happen- to hit it between frames, and i know what order they hit them in.

put a nice c++ wrapper on it if u wanna crack at it

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Is there anything inherently wrong with GetKeyboardState?

GetKeyboardState relies on windows messages. That''s a bad thing because if the user presses many keys at once, that means that many messages will be sent, thus slowing your app down.

At least, that''s what I think is the reason why a program I wrote slowed and sputtered when more than 5 keys were pressed.