As the title says.....

Under DOS I was used to get access to the HOME / END / DEL / PAGE- UP etc. keys using the _bios_keybrd(0) function. This function is not available in a console application.

So how does one get access?

TIA

Ed

Ed Schroder wrote:
> As the title says.....
> 
> Under DOS I was used to get access to the HOME / END / DEL / PAGE-
> UP etc. keys using the _bios_keybrd(0) function. This function is
> not available in a console application.
> 
> So how does one get access?

Download ftp://ftp.digitalmars.com/me.zip, which has example code in it to do that.

Ed Schroder skrev:
> As the title says.....
> 
> Under DOS I was used to get access to the HOME / END / DEL / PAGE-
> UP etc. keys using the _bios_keybrd(0) function. This function is
> not available in a console application.

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>

HANDLE StdIn = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);

WORD GetChar()
{
   DWORD NumEventsRead;
   INPUT_RECORD InputRecord;

   while(1)
   {
      if(!ReadConsoleInput(StdIn, &InputRecord, 1, &NumEventsRead))
         return 0;
      if(InputRecord.EventType & KEY_EVENT && InputRecord.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown)
      {
         if(InputRecord.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualKeyCode != VK_CONTROL &&
            InputRecord.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualKeyCode != VK_MENU  &&
            InputRecord.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualKeyCode != VK_SHIFT)
         {
            return InputRecord.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualKeyCode;
         }
      }
   }
}

int main()
{
   std::cout << "Hit Esc to exit" << std::endl;
   WORD Ch;
   while((Ch = GetChar()) != VK_ESCAPE)
   {
      switch(Ch)
      {
      case VK_END:
         std::cout << "End" << std::endl;
         break;
      case VK_HOME:
         std::cout << "Home" << std::endl;
         break;
      }
   }
}

-- 
Just another homepage:
http://damb.dk
But it's mine - Bertel

Got it working..... thx Bertil & Walter!

Regards,

Ed