Thread: How to tell when pressing escape?

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    How to tell when pressing escape?

    I need some kind of routine that can detect when the user has pressed the escape button.

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    Code:
    LRESULT CALLBACK TheWindowProc(HWND hwnd,UINT uMsg,WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam)
    {
    	//which message did we get?
    	switch(uMsg)
    	{
    	case WM_KEYDOWN:
    		{
    			//check for escape key
    			if(wParam==VK_ESCAPE)
    			{
    				DestroyWindow(hWndMain);
    			}
    
    			return(0);//
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    Example of what I mean:
    bool done = false;
    while(done == false)
    {
    //if(userhitsescape) {done = true;}
    xpos += 1;

    DrawScene();
    }


    return 0;
    }

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    Are you using Win32 API or what? Please be a little more specific.

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    he says he's using SDL or something like that, I am not really informed on what SDL is, I heard it was like a Direct X wrapper or something, I dont' know.
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    well all I need is a generic way of detecting whether the escape key is being pressed down...You know how the ASCII characters have numbers assigned to them? You can go char i = 112 and it ends up being a symbol.

    I was wondering if the escape button also had a numerical identity.

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    Um, so you never did answer the question. In your winproc, if you are using Win32, simply check the WM_KEYDOWN message, switch on the wParam, and have a case for value 27 or VK_ESCAPE as stated above. I guess to answer your generic quetsion it would be 27 as I just wrote for the value assigned to it.
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    Originally posted by MrWizard
    Um, so you never did answer the question. In your winproc, if you are using Win32, simply check the WM_KEYDOWN message, switch on the wParam, and have a case for value 27 or VK_ESCAPE as stated above. I guess to answer your generic quetsion it would be 27 as I just wrote for the value assigned to it.

    I told him that above man......he says he doens't have a winproc.
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    Well then I told him at the end of my post the value he seeks is 27.
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    Is this possible outside of winproc?
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    Yep, I assume he's talking about a text based game here. Or something like that. Also you will need conio.h for the kbhit function.
    Code:
    if( kbhit() )
    {
         keyCode = getch();
    			
         // Escape key pressed
         if( keyCode == 27 )
         {
               // Do something!!!
         }
    }
    If this isn't what he meant, I think you'll agree with me he needs to post the whole source or be rather specific, I don't have ESP.

    EDIT: Man, Dual-Catfish, that game on the ascii page with clicking as many boxes as you can is TOOOO GOOOOD!!!
    Last edited by MrWizard; 05-24-2002 at 10:25 PM.
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    STFW.
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    And, if you didn't know, you can use the little 'search' button at the top of the page. This question has been asked 10000 times.

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    yeah yeah yeah, it gets old, stop telling people that. obviously someone with 100+ posts has heard that plenty of times. if I hear that one more time I'm never going to use the search thing again.

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    and yes I did try using the search function, and no they don't answer my question, and no it hasn't been answered 10000 times

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    This is the second thread that appeared when I searched for the words press & escape.

    http://www.cprogramming.com/cboard/s...t=press+escape

    I know it doesn't answer the question directly, but someone with 100+ posts should be able to see where it's headed.
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