> Can someone give me some help with the following program? I'm entering
> it into Visual C++ 1.0 on Windows 95 just like my C++ tutorial book
> says, and it's not recognizing the getche() function. I've also tried
> _getche(), and that's not recognized either. Please, if possible,
> respond through e-mail, but I will check posts here if it's too much of
> a hassle for you.

> // game1.cpp
> #include <iostream.h>
> #include <conio.h>              // for _getche()

> void main()
> {
>         char dir = 'a';
>         int x = 10, y = 10;
>         cout << "Type Enter to quit\n";
>         while (dir != '\r')                             // until Enter is typed
>         {
>                 cout << "\nYour location is " << x << ", " << y
>                          << "\nPress direction key (n, s, e, w): ";
>                 dir = _getche();                        // get character
>                 if (dir == 'n')                         // go north
>                         y--;
>                 else if (dir == 's')            // go south
>                         y++;
>                 else if (dir == 'e')            // go east
>                         x++;
>                 else if (dir == 'w')            // go west
>                         x--;
>         }       // end while
> }

> Can someone give me some help with the following program? I'm entering
> it into Visual C++ 1.0 on Windows 95 just like my C++ tutorial book
> says, and it's not recognizing the getche() function. I've also tried
> _getche(), and that's not recognized either. Please, if possible,
> respond through e-mail, but I will check posts here if it's too much of
> a hassle for you.

> // game1.cpp
> #include <iostream.h>
> #include <conio.h>              // for _getche()

> void main()
> {
>         char dir = 'a';
>         int x = 10, y = 10;
>         cout << "Type Enter to quit\n";
>         while (dir != '\r')                             // until Enter is typed
>         {
>                 cout << "\nYour location is " << x << ", " << y
>                          << "\nPress direction key (n, s, e, w): ";
>                 dir = _getche();                        // get character
>                 if (dir == 'n')                         // go north
>                         y--;
>                 else if (dir == 's')            // go south
>                         y++;
>                 else if (dir == 'e')            // go east
>                         x++;
>                 else if (dir == 'w')            // go west
>                         x--;
>         }       // end while
> }

> > Evan,
> > I'm guessing that you have created a Windows program, not a DOS program
> > in VC++. Unfortunately, _getche() is not available for Windows programs.
> > (I used VC++ 1.52 to check this out.)

> > If you look in conio.h you'll find that the declaration of _getche() is
> > enclosed in a
> > #ifndef _WINDOWS
> > #endif
> > block.

> So is there anything I can do about this?

> - Kid Fab