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

You have to modify your keyboard handler, or write another one. :)

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?

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though it may be compiler/os specific and is maybe outdated.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

I don't have bios.h

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

Console, on winxp pro.

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

Hi,

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

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.

Try GetAsyncKeyState() (windows API function).