Any Key

[Guest]

I need a console based application to pause until the user is ready to
proceed. I would prefer to do some thing like
console.writeline("Press any key to continue . . . . ")
//some how make it wait for any char to be pressed ie getch() in C

thanks

 

[Guest]

Use the Console.Read() function. Here is a MS example:

int i;
char c;
while (true)
{
i = Console.Read ();
if (i == -1) break;
c = (char) i;
Console.WriteLine ("Echo: {0}", c);
}
Console.WriteLine ("Done");
return 0;

 

[Guest]

Thank You sir Much aprreciated

Use the Console.Read() function. Here is a MS example:

int i;
char c;
while (true)
{
i = Console.Read ();
if (i == -1) break;
c = (char) i;
Console.WriteLine ("Echo: {0}", c);
}
Console.WriteLine ("Done");
return 0;

 

[Guest]

Doesnot work user still has to press enter for progression i want any char to
cause the code to proceed

 

[Yves Dhondt]

Doesnot work user still has to press enter for progression i want any char to
cause the code to proceed
:

This is currently not possible in .Net. You can't just read one key
without enter, I've seen an article using P/Invoke to get around it, but
can't find the url back.

Yves

 

[Chris Dunaway]

This is currently not possible in .Net. You can't just read one key
without enter, I've seen an article using P/Invoke to get around it, but
can't find the url back.

Yves

Fortunately, in Whidbey (VS 2005), you will be able to do that again.

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[Guest]

Yes got the beta version and it works well enough


ConsoleKeyInfo keyPressed = new ConsoleKeyInfo();

Console.Writeline("Please Press a key to continue . . . . ");
while ( ! Console.KeyAvailable )
{
Thread.Sleep(100);
}
keyPressed = Console.ReadKey( true );
Console.WriteLine( "You pressed {0}", keyPressed.Key );