Get ESC character from console

[Daok]

cin doesn't work so I think the API : ReadConsoleInput can but I cannot put it work well.

Here is what I have :

char c;
        PINPUT_RECORD lpBuffer=0;
        LPDWORD lpNumberOfEventsRead =0;

        ReadConsoleInput(NULL,lpBuffer,1,lpNumberOfEventsRead);
        c = lpBuffer.KEY_EVENT; 

[Daok]

Here is what I have but it doesn't work better :

        PINPUT_RECORD lpBuffer=0;
        LPDWORD lpNumberOfEventsRead =0;
        ReadConsoleInput(new HANDLE,lpBuffer,1,lpNumberOfEventsRead);
                                char c;
        c = (char)lpNumberOfEventsRead;
        cout << "here :           " << c << "        "; 

[Daok]

..........
    HANDLE hStdin; 
    INPUT_RECORD irInBuf[1]; 
    hStdin = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE); 
    DWORD cNumRead;

    char c;
    do
    {
        //cin.get(c);

        SetXY(8,8);

        ReadConsoleInput(
                hStdin,      // input buffer handle 
                irInBuf,     // buffer to read into 
                1,         // size of read buffer 
                &cNumRead); // number of records read 
    
        if (irInBuf[0].EventType == KEY_EVENT)
            c = irInBuf[0].Event.KeyEvent.uChar.AsciiChar; 

        cout << "here :           " << c << "        ";
.......... 

that work but it doesn't let me write anything in the console and it show a weird character to the screen.

Anyone know how to get ESC char and ARROW char from the console ?

[Daok]

How can I read all character tapped in the console even ESCAPE and ARROW character ?

[Daok]

Is there a way to get character from the console without using CIN ?

[Daok]

I use getch() of conio.h for the moment but I am sure that it have an other way.

[abdul]

I think you can use getchar(). Don't think it'll process ESC or ARROWS keys though.

[jim mcnamara]

conio is just exactly what you want - console i/o.
Don't blindly assume api's are the best choice. Base C & C++ i/o calls are extremely efficient.

[Daok]

I know but I did not want to include all conio.h when I need only getch().

[jim mcnamara]

It's not a waste - the linker only brings in code to support what you use, not everything in an include file

[Daok]

hummm I didn't know, cool