Here's an example taken mainly from MSDN
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
void MouseEventProc(MOUSE_EVENT_RECORD);
VOID ResizeEventProc(WINDOW_BUFFER_SIZE_RECORD);
VOID KeyEventProc(KEY_EVENT_RECORD);
VOID GetInputEvents(VOID);
void gotoxy(int, int);
void MyErrorExit(char *s)
{
printf ("Fatal: %s\n", s);
exit (1);
}
int main(void)
{
HANDLE hStdin;
DWORD cNumRead, fdwMode, fdwSaveOldMode, i;
INPUT_RECORD irInBuf[128];
// Get the standard input handle.
hStdin = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
if (hStdin == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
MyErrorExit("GetStdHandle");
// Save the current input mode, to be restored on exit.
if (! GetConsoleMode(hStdin, &fdwSaveOldMode) )
MyErrorExit("GetConsoleMode");
// Enable the window and mouse input events.
fdwMode = ENABLE_WINDOW_INPUT | ENABLE_MOUSE_INPUT;
if (! SetConsoleMode(hStdin, fdwMode) )
MyErrorExit("SetConsoleMode");
// Loop to read and handle the input events.
while (1)
{
// Wait for the events.
if (! ReadConsoleInput(
hStdin, // input buffer handle
irInBuf, // buffer to read into
128, // size of read buffer
&cNumRead) ) // number of records read
MyErrorExit("ReadConsoleInput");
// Dispatch the events to the appropriate handler.
for (i = 0; i < cNumRead; i++)
{
switch(irInBuf[i].EventType)
{
case KEY_EVENT: // keyboard input
KeyEventProc(irInBuf[i].Event.KeyEvent);
break;
case MOUSE_EVENT: // mouse input
MouseEventProc(irInBuf[i].Event.MouseEvent);
break;
case WINDOW_BUFFER_SIZE_EVENT: // scrn buf. resizing
ResizeEventProc(
irInBuf[i].Event.WindowBufferSizeEvent);
break;
case FOCUS_EVENT: // disregard focus events
case MENU_EVENT: // disregard menu events
break;
default:
MyErrorExit("unknown event type");
break;
}
}
}
return 0;
}
VOID MouseEventProc(MOUSE_EVENT_RECORD ir)
{
if (ir.dwEventFlags == MOUSE_MOVED)
gotoxy (ir.dwMousePosition.X,ir.dwMousePosition.Y);
}
VOID ResizeEventProc(WINDOW_BUFFER_SIZE_RECORD dummy){return;};
VOID KeyEventProc(KEY_EVENT_RECORD dummy){return;};
VOID GetInputEvents(VOID){return;};
void gotoxy(int x, int y)
{
COORD coord;
coord.X = x;
coord.Y = y;
SetConsoleCursorPosition (GetStdHandle (STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), coord);
}