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Okay, here are my questions:
(For console mode)
1. On my windows 98 system, the dos box is 80*25 er, well squares. How do I make it larger?
2. How and what does PeekConsoleInput do? I have tried and it doesn't do squat for me.
3. If I put at the top of my main() function
SetConsoleMode(hInput,ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT);
ya know the thing that allows cnrl+C, if I try to enter a string via cin>> , the letters don't come up? What's up w/that?
Thx:D
You can change the size of the font, but you can't change the "resolution" 80x25.Quote:
1. On my windows 98 system, the dos box is 80*25 er, well squares. How do I make it larger?
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2. How and what does PeekConsoleInput do? I have tried and it doesn't do squat for me.
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Borland help files
The PeekConsoleInput function reads data from the specified console input buffer without removing it from the buffer.
BOOL PeekConsoleInput(
HANDLE hConsoleInput, // handle of a console input buffer
PINPUT_RECORD pirBuffer, // address of the buffer for peek data
DWORD cInRecords, // number of records to read
LPDWORD lpcRead // address of number of records read
);
Parameters
hConsoleInput
Identifies the input buffer. The handle must have GENERIC_READ access.
pirBuffer
Points to an INPUT_RECORD buffer that receives the input buffer data.
cInRecords
Specifies the size, in records, of the buffer pointed to by the pirBuffer parameter.
lpcRead
Points to a 32-bit variable that receives the number of input records read.
Return Value
If the function succeeds, the return value is TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is FALSE. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
Remarks
If the number of records requested exceeds the number of records available in the buffer, the number available is read. If no data is available, the function returns immediately.
See Also
INPUT_RECORD, ReadConsoleInput, WriteConsoleInput
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3. If I put at the top of my main() function
SetConsoleMode(hInput,ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT);
ya know the thing that allows cnrl+C, if I try to enter a string via cin>> , the letters don't come up? What's up w/that?
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Borland help files
ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT CTRL+C is processed by the system and is not placed in the input buffer. If the input buffer is being read by ReadFile or ReadConsole, other control keys are processed by the system and are not returned in the ReadFile or ReadConsole buffer. If the ENABLE_LINE_INPUT mode is also enabled, backspace, carriage return, and linefeed characters are handled by the system.
to manually make the console fullscreen, just press alt+enter or shift+enter, something like that.
To magos:
Yeah, I know what the help file says. But I was hoping for a human re-exclamation. Thx anyway about the first and lest question. I still don't really understand what the help file says regarding #3. So what about peekconsoleinput. How is it different from readconsoleinput
Peek* reads what is in the input buffer. Read* does the same, but also removes it from the buffer when done.Quote:
Originally posted by Stan100
So what about peekconsoleinput. How is it different from readconsoleinput