pause in console apps

[Aaron]

When you run a console app in VS6 it says "Press any key too continue..."
how can i do that in VS.NET2003?

thanks

[William Stacey [MVP]]

Console.WriteLine("Press any key too continue...");
Console.ReadLine();
// continue...

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"Aaron" <ku*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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When you run a console app in VS6 it says "Press any key too continue..."
how can i do that in VS.NET2003?

thanks

[Petec]

William Stacey [MVP] wrote:

Console.WriteLine("Press any key too continue...");
Console.ReadLine();
// continue...
"Aaron" <ku*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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When you run a console app in VS6 it says "Press any key too
continue..." how can i do that in VS.NET2003?

thanks

Note that Console.ReadLine() only returns on a newline (the enter key), not
any key.
- Pete

[Alex Moskalyuk]

Have a variable incremented in KeyDown event.
Print out the message "Press any key..."
AforeMentionedVariable = 0;
while (AforeMentionedVariable == 0);
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"Aaron" <ku*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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When you run a console app in VS6 it says "Press any key too continue..."
how can i do that in VS.NET2003?

thanks

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Alex Moskalyuk <us****@moskalyuk.com> wrote:

Have a variable incremented in KeyDown event.
Which KeyDown event is that, in a console app?
Print out the message "Press any key..."
AforeMentionedVariable = 0;
while (AforeMentionedVariable == 0);

That's not guaranteed to *ever* finish, unless the variable is volatile
- and even if the variable were volatile, you'd still be taking up 100%
CPU until someone pressed a key. Tight loops like that should (almost)
never be used for that kind of thing - it's what Monitor.Wait/Pulse was
designed for.

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[Alex Moskalyuk]

You're right, my bad. I was just working with textboxes that looked like
consoles and were called consoles (black backgrounds, white characters),
being in fact textboxes. Missed the fact that he asked for Win32 console
app.
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Alex Moskalyuk <us****@moskalyuk.com> wrote:

Have a variable incremented in KeyDown event.

Which KeyDown event is that, in a console app?

Print out the message "Press any key..."
AforeMentionedVariable = 0;
while (AforeMentionedVariable == 0);

That's not guaranteed to *ever* finish, unless the variable is volatile
- and even if the variable were volatile, you'd still be taking up 100%
CPU until someone pressed a key. Tight loops like that should (almost)
never be used for that kind of thing - it's what Monitor.Wait/Pulse was
designed for.

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