rostests/tests/readconsole/main.c

   1 #include <stdio.h>
   2 #include <tchar.h>
   3 #include <windows.h>
   4
   5 int main()
   6 {
   7     TCHAR Buffer = 0;
   8     DWORD Count = 0;
   9
  10     //
  11     // We clear the mode, most importantly turn off ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT and ENABLE_LINE_INPUT
  12     // This is the same mode as that is set up by getch() when trying to get a char
  13     //
  14     SetConsoleMode(GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE),0);
  15
  16     //
  17     // We read one char from the input and then return
  18     //
  19     ReadConsole(GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE),&Buffer,1,&Count,NULL);
  20
  21     //
  22     // We print out this char as an int to show that infact a backspace does count as input
  23     //
  24     _tprintf(TEXT("You printed %c :: "), Buffer);
  25     _tprintf(TEXT("With a value %d :: "), Buffer);
  26     _tprintf(TEXT("Number of chars recieved %lu :: "), Count);
  27     _tprintf(TEXT("Char equal to backspace %d \n"), (Buffer == TEXT('\b')));
  28
  29     //
  30     // :)
  31     //
  32     return 0;
  33 }