How to make a program not wait for input

[42hU7k9E]

My program uses getch(); to get input, but the program stops until the user inputs something. I want the program to do other things even if the user does not input anythng. I tried GetAsyncKeyState, it worked nice, but if you pressed a key once, it was like you pressed it twice.

[S6k9GNh0]

Well, you can create another thread I think (I've never made a thread). Other than that, you just need to do everything before you get input.

[hamsterman]

you could do something like this with GetAsyncKeyState to make it return true only once:

bool keydown=0;
while(...){
    //do stuf
    if(!keydown && GetAsyncKeyState(...)){
        //do other stuf
    }
    keydown=GetAsyncKeyState(...);
}

[Bazzy]

You can also try ReadConsoleInput
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684961(VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms685035(VS.85).aspx

[42hU7k9E]

Which library do I need to include so the !keydown will work?

[42hU7k9E]

Does any1 have an idea?

[Bazzy]

'keydown' is just a variable, you need windows.h to have GetAsyncKeyState