Console ReadLine

[lelejau]

Hello. I searched and I didnt find anything about read line in console.

Like:

scanf("%d",&num); in c++
or

string line = Console.ReadLine(); in c#.

How do I do it in assembly?

[oex]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682073(v=vs.85).aspx

[lelejau]

should I use

ReadConsoleInput Function ?

[oex]

Yes, it depends what you are trying to do though.... You might be better off with the masm32 'input' macro if you are coming from C#

[dedndave]

that's the correct function for what you want to do   :U
it is a good exorcise to use that one, because it will familiarize you with using win32 data structures in asm
you could also use ReadConsole for one character at a time
another way to go is to open the console as a file and use ReadFile

[lelejau]

already got it...


    invoke crt_scanf,addr szFormat,addr buffer
    invoke crt_printf, addr szFormat, addr buffer
    call crt__getch

And yes, I'm kinda coming from C#.

[redskull]

I would recommend ReadConsole(), and not ReadConsoleInput().  The latter will give any sort of event, including mouse events, focus messages, etc.  The former just gives characters from the keyboard, which is probably what you are after.

-r

[lelejau]

can u give me an example?

[redskull]

http://www.masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=5387.msg40274#msg40274

Notice the check to make sure it's a keypress, and nothing else