Hi guys, I have this console app runnning and it seems that windows only processes it whenever the keyboard is pressed or the mouse is moving inside the console window. How can I make it be active all the time? I have this while loop which draws characters on screen, and it only does it when the mouse is moved inside or keybaord is pressed.

Try this above your input:

if(WAIT_TIMEOUT == WaitForSingleObject(hInput, 20)) 

Jeff D

Thanks, I tried your code and it wouldn''t accept any input so I went to MSDN and checked it out, and replaced it with WAIT_OBJECT_0 and now it works fine. I know how it works but still confused as to why it wouldn''t do that in the first place.

Thanks again.