Windows api keyboard

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Podcast Helping communities build their own LTE networks. Podcast Making Agile work for data science. Featured on Meta. New post summary designs on greatest hits now, everywhere else eventually. Related Hot Network Questions. Question feed. Practically what you want to do is to pause the game when you lose focus, since the user might need t switch away to another more urgent application, or they just hit the windows key accidentally. Ian Schreiber Ian Schreiber 4, 15 15 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges.

I will probably end with this solution maybe will be better to use GetAsyncKeyState. But I am looking for any better solution if any exists.

EDIT: My info on this may be too dated. BRaffle BRaffle 1, 7 7 silver badges 10 10 bronze badges. Hope this still works, I do. It's annoying and makes your answers hard to read. Skizz Skizz 6 6 silver badges 10 10 bronze badges. I've read the DirectInput is little obsolete, so I've tried to avoid using it.

But I've tried the DirectInput too and woked well. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Maps a virtual-key code into a scan code or character value, or translates a scan code into a virtual-key code.

The function translates the codes using the input language and an input locale identifier. The function provides information that allows a program to send OEM text to another program by simulating keyboard input. Sets the keyboard focus to the specified window. The window must be attached to the calling thread's message queue. Copies a byte array of keyboard key states into the calling thread's keyboard input-state table.

Changes made to this table do not affect keyboard input to any other thread. Translates the specified virtual-key code and keyboard state to the corresponding character or characters. The function translates the code using the input language and physical keyboard layout identified by the keyboard layout handle. To specify a handle to the keyboard layout to use to translate the specified code, use the ToAsciiEx function.

The function translates the code using the input language and physical keyboard layout identified by the input locale identifier. Translates the specified virtual-key code and keyboard state to the corresponding Unicode character or characters.

To specify a handle to the keyboard layout to use to translate the specified code, use the ToUnicodeEx function. Translates a character to the corresponding virtual-key code and shift state. The function translates the character using the input language and physical keyboard layout identified by the input locale identifier. Synthesizes a keystroke. Translates a character to the corresponding virtual-key code and shift state for the current keyboard.

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