kbhit() for enter key? not working

I'm trying to make a loop to build a string while the program is running. When the enter key is hit I want to process the string. Basically I want gets() without blocking. So I'm trying to use kbhit() to do this.

PHP Code:

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            if (kbhit())
                {
                    str[stri] = getch();
                    cout << str[stri];

                    if (str[stri] == '\n')
                    {
                        //rakClientInterface->RPC("PrintMessage", str, (strlen(str)+1)*8, HIGH_PRIORITY, RELIABLE, 0, false);

                        system("PAUSE");

                        stri = 0;
                        str[0] = '\0';
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        stri++;
                    }
                } 


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Is this a win32 console program? Because if it is, don't try to use kbhit().

Here's an alternative:

Code:

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// Waits for keypress event and returns that key (virtual-key code)
WORD GetKeypress()
{
        HANDLE hStdIn = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
        INPUT_RECORD irEvent;
        DWORD dwNumEventsRead;
        WORD wReturn;

        for (;;)
        {
                WaitForSingleObject(hStdIn, INFINITE);
                PeekConsoleInput(hStdIn, &irEvent, 1, &dwNumEventsRead);
                if ((irEvent.EventType == KEY_EVENT) && (irEvent.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown))
                {
                        ReadConsoleInput(hStdIn, &irEvent, 1, &dwNumEventsRead);
                        wReturn = irEvent.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualKeyCode;
                        FlushConsoleInputBuffer(hStdIn);
                        return wReturn;
                }
                else
                        ReadConsoleInput(hStdIn, &irEvent, 1, &dwNumEventsRead);
        }
}

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And if you're not implementing a Windows console program, then sorry. :)

Its a console aplication, not a win32. I commented the raknet function and put in system("PAUSE") just to see if it was working, but its not executing system("PAUSE") I don't think. Its not outputing Press any key to continue . . . and when I hit enter it doesn't terminate the program.

Can anyone tell me what I've done wrong and a solution to fix it?

If not can anyone tell me a good place to learn windows threads?

Try outputting str[stri] in hex as you read it with getch(). You'll probably find, as I did, you are checking for the wrong character in your IF.

Which compiler are you using?