Re: Keyboard buffer

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 10:41 AM Tim Adair <tadair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In the middle of an interactive RPGLE program, I need to be able to
> purge the keyboard buffer.  There is a point in the program where it
> calls a (possibly rather lengthy) function.  During this time, it pops
> up a "DO NOT TOUCH THE KEYBOARD" window, which remains on the screen
> until the function completes.  In the event that the user presses a key
> (or keys) anyway, I need to purge their keystroke(s) before the program
> continues.  I'm hoping that at least one of the following is possible:
>
> 1. Is there a function or API that I can call that will purge the
> keyboard buffer?
>
> 2. Is there a way to directly read keystrokes from the buffer, so I can
> loop through, read all the keystrokes, and just ignore them?  (Something
> similar to the BASIC INKEY$ function.
>
> I'm open to other suggestions also.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> ~TA~
>
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