Hi There I am Programming a Engine called Silencium. For this i am writeing a Quake like Console. But i am working in Windows2K and a can''t get any Keyboard input. I only have the keycode ( by WM_KEYDOWN ) and the array of all keys. GetAsyncKeyState doestn work ( and i dont know why) Do you know where i can get a code of a working Console ( perhaps not in Glut), of can you say me how a can get a Charakter code from the Keyboard! thanks Jankey Hi Guys My name is J@nkey & I am a VC und VB Freak and i LOVE GL and D3D. (And I hate Bill Gates)

Hullo Jankey!

There are several ways of doing that. The easiest way is
probalby to look for WM_CHAR messages instead which tells you
which character that was pressed.

One other way is to make a lookup-table that maps VK codes to character values, but then you have to keep track of what state
the modifier keys (shift, alt, caps-lock) is in, so this approach is prolly a bit more messy.

Good luck!!


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Original post by Jankey
Hi There

I am Programming a Engine called Silencium. For this i am writeing a Quake like Console. But i am working in Windows2K and a can''t get any Keyboard input.

I only have the keycode ( by WM_KEYDOWN ) and the array of all keys. GetAsyncKeyState doestn work ( and i dont know why)

Do you know where i can get a code of a working Console ( perhaps not in Glut), of can you say me how a can get a Charakter code from the Keyboard!

thanks Jankey

Hi Guys My name is J@nkey & I am a VC und VB Freak and i LOVE GL and D3D. (And I hate Bill Gates)

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Let me clear something here as I program on Win2K myself and GetAsyncKeyState() works just fine. Now, your system might be experiencing some problems if that function doesn''t work or you might need to re-install Visual Studio but it works fine for me...



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If you like I can send you my console source, it has worked in Win2K so you should be fine, let me know if you want it. It has a scrolling blended background accepts any user text and supports specific console commands in the form "/ " which are added at runtime.

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Damnit, that console command format is "/(commandname) (commanddata)"

I put ''<'' and it thought it was some web thing.

Thx ... but i have found an easy way in the Soucecode of the GLUT ... it is easy and works fine
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int temp = MapVirtualKey( keycode , 2 );
if (isascii(temp) && (temp != 0))
{
if ( !(GetKeyState(VK_SHIFT) < 0))
temp = tolower(temp);
Console.getInput( (char)temp );
}
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or does anyone have an Easier version?