Reading a keystroke in a Console app

[Brian Schwartz]

I'm writing a console application. Both Read and ReadLine wait for enter to
be pressed before returning. Isn't there a way to read a single character
and continue immediately, without waiting for enter?

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Brian,

In .NET 2.0., the Console class has a static ReadKey method which you
can use to read a key from the console.

In .NET 1.1, you could probably call the ReadConsoleInput API function
through the P/Invoke layer to get a similar effect.

Hope this helps.

 

[Michael A. Covington]

I'm writing a console application. Both Read and ReadLine wait for enter
to
be pressed before returning. Isn't there a way to read a single character
and continue immediately, without waiting for enter?

http://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/Konsole.zip

I implemented a Turbo Pascal-style console and keyboard interface. Feel
free to use it or learn form it.

 

[Scott Coonce]

Check out the ConsoleEx.dll from
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=b76d1f08-2d79-47bd-825b-0489938aae0f

Scott