Re: [Mingw-users] Reading keyboard/keys state in Win XP

[Eli Z. <el...@gn...>]

> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 23:13:02 +0000
> From: John Pote <joh...@o2...>
> 
> Does anyone know how I might be able to read the state of the PC's 
> keyboard in a program compiled by MinGW so I can get key down and key up 
> events or just read the state of the keyboard so I can determine key 
> down and key up events.

I think you want GetKeyState, GetAsyncKeyState, and friends.

If you are talking about a console program, then ReadConsoleInput
might also be relevant.