Thread: Detect if i key is held on..

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    Detect if i key is held on..

    Hi,

    How can i know if the user is holding onto a particular key? THis is important in many games i know.

    thnx

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    You have to modify your keyboard handler, or write another one.
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    I don't know what a keyboard handler is, and where it is located, and how to modify it.

    Is there any other way though?

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    i have used the bioskey() function to detect which key was pressed.

    though it may be compiler/os specific and is maybe outdated.

    its in bios.h in my compiler
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    I don't have bios.h

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    Are you writing this in the console or an actual Win32 application?? This would probably help people understand a little more and your problem.

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    Console, on winxp pro.

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    would getch work?

    im not sure, ask someone else here but getch may work, unless its an overly complex game or something

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    Hi,

    I didn't mean just a key press, i want to know if the user kept holding onto the key...

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    For DevC++ it would be kbhit() to see when a single key is being press, but I have no idea about when a key is being hold down on. You could do a search on it here and see if any results come up.

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    Try GetAsyncKeyState() (windows API function).
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