Thread: WM_KEYDOWM message

I use the WM_KEYDOWN message(by checking wParam for a specific key of course) in my application to start an animation and use the WM_KEYUP message to tell when the key is released and stop the animation.

But Windows have that autorepeat feature and when the key is preesed continuously many WM_KEYDOWN messages are received before an KEYUP message resulting my animation start again and again.

How can I get rid of this?

Thanks for help in advance!

Thanks for reply. I came up to the following:

Code:

BOOL keys[256]; // Flags for all keys

The keys array will be initialized to false.
The WM_KEYUP handler:

Code:

case WM_KEYUP:
    keys[wParam] = FALSE;
    break;

The WM_KEYDOWN handler:

Code:

case WM_KEYDOWN:
    if(keys[wParam] == FALSE)
    {
         keys[wParam] = TRUE;
         // The key is pressed for the first time
        /* ..... .... */
    }
    else
        // Key is already pressed pressed. Skip....
   
    break;