Thread: Receiving Esc buttom signal in C program to exit

Hi,

how can I close a C process by pressing Esc button? With signalling? By using signal.h?

Have you done any searches for, say, "c programming escape key"? If not, try it. If so, what have you found?

Hi,

yes I have done a search with this exact key and tried these solutions but did not work such as: https://www.daniweb.com/software-dev...esc-is-pressed and The C++ program should exit as soon as he presses 'esc'

What OS/compiler are you using?

MS VS 2008 (Windows 7)

Originally Posted by user111

Hi,

how can I close a C process by pressing Esc button? With signalling? By using signal.h?

Is it a console program waiting for input at the command line?

Is it a windowed program with a message loop and window routine?

Do you want to stop a program that is not currently waiting for input?