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

[John P. <joh...@o2...>]

On 18/03/2015 16:21, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> 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.
>
Thanks for the reply. Compiler found and linked the function without 
needing to do anything so I'll be able to do what I want to now.

Many thanks,
John