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I working with an application written in Visual Studio C++. Then program is a console application running under the DOS-prompt. The program is something like this.

void main ()
{
    for ( ;; )
    {
        do_something ();
        do_something_more ()
    }
}

Now I need to add some code between do_something () and do_something_more () that checks if any key on the PC-s keyboard is pressed, and if so read that key. The problem is that the program must continue with do_something_more () if no key is used. I can not wait for the keypress, the program must continue executing as before if no key is pressed. I have not been able to figure out how to do this for this type of application. Anybody can give me a hint of how to do this?

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Member Avatar for deceptikon

Visual C++ supports kbhit() and getch() in the conio.h library, together they do what you want.

Member Avatar for np complete

GetAsyncKeyState() can also be used for this purpose. Check this.

Member Avatar for WaltP

And main() is NOT void. It's int.

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Thanks a lot, this was exactly what I needed.

Member Avatar for richieking

And always main() must be int method not void as it returns a value.

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