Description

 

Waits until a keys was been pressed (within a timeout) then it retuns it.

 

Syntax

 

Console_WaitKey[(nSecsTimeOut)]

 

Returns

 

Return a string

Returns the key pressed like encloses into a square brakets.

 

Parameters

 

 

Remarks

 

Specials keys are returned like:

   [F1]

   [F2]

   [F3]

   [F4]

   [F5]

   [F6]

   [F7]

   [F8]

   [F9]

   [F10]

   [F11]

   [F12]

   [UP]

   [DOWN]

   [LEFT]

   [RIGHT]

   [PGUP]

   [PGDOWN]

   [HOME]

   [END]

   [CANC]

   [DELETE]

   [TAB]

   [RETURN]

   [ESC]

   [ALT]

   [CTRL]

   [SHIFT]

 

Or if timeout is expired:

   [TIMEOUT]

 

Restrictions

 

Alias

 

This function can be aliases as: WAITKEY

 

See also

 

Console Module, Console_Read, Console_ReadLine

 

Examples

 

Console_WriteLine("Key pressed: " + Console_WaitKey(10))

' if the caps lock is enabled and the user press the X key,

' results: Key pressed: [X]