DirectInput Any Key

/* Get keyboard data */
UCHAR Key[256]; /* Used to get data from Direct Input */
LPDIRECTINPUTDEVICE8 KEYBOARD; /* ALREADY SET UP */
hr=(KEYBOARD->GetDeviceState(sizeof(Key),(LPVOID)&Key));
if(FAILED(hr))
{
if(hr==DIERR_INPUTLOST)
{
hr = (KEYBOARD->Acquire());
if(FAILED(hr))
{
Log("! ERROR : Keyboard has been lost !");
Input_Shutdown();
}
}
}

/* pressed */
bool anykey=false; /* any key pressed?? */
for (int i=0;i<256;i++)
{
if (Key && 0x80) anykey = true;
}



/* edit : just realized what you were asking... */


[edited by - chxfryer on October 15, 2003 2:11:24 PM]

so the only way to do it is to check through the whole array?

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Is that what the SysRq key is? Damn, the mystery is solved!

And yes, r3alityc0d3r, scanning the array is one way to do it. The best way? Maybe not.

If you wrap your DInput stuff in any sort of class that has a "keydown" or "keyup" concept, you could just set a flag whenever a key is pressed. Before you do the "any key" you reset it to zero. Loop to see if the flag is false.

Really, it depends a lot on how your app is designed.

Coming up with anything more clever is usually a waste of time.

Oh, and I'd change that:

bool anykey=false; /* any key pressed?? */
for (int i=0;i<256;i++)
{
if (Key && 0x80) { anykey = true; break ; } // Why waste cycles? 
}
 

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[edited by - FenrirWolf on October 15, 2003 3:03:56 PM]