Is possible to read from the Console?

[x64Core]

Hello guys, just I want to if is possile to read from the console?
took several hours searching, and I find nothing  :shock: it's impossible?
My last hope is the forum where I know the wisest people in programming 

[qWord]

WinAPI: ReadFile,ReadConsole
CRT: scanf,...
MASM32: input$()-macro,StdIn,...
...

[x64Core]

  thanks you qWord! 

[Vortex]

Hi RHL,

Here is a Simple console piping example

[x64Core]

Hi RHL,

Here is a Simple console piping example

thanks Vortex, yeah, in really I wanted read, but data are already written on the console, not from the start of a function :P thanks guys

[jj2007]

Here is the old HangMan example, demonstrating how to use Locate(x,y) in console mode. Another simple example:

include \masm32\MasmBasic\MasmBasic.inc   ; download
   Init
   .Repeat
      Let esi=Input$("What's your name? ", "RHL")
      .Break .if word ptr [esi]!="HR"
      Print "I asked for your name, not your nick!", CrLf$
   .Until 0
   Inkey "Hi ", esi, ", how are you?"
   Exit
end start

[KeepingRealBusy]

Hi RHL,

Here is a Simple console piping example

thanks Vortex, yeah, in really I wanted read, but data are already written on the console, not from the start of a function :P thanks guys

RHL,

You can read the console output buffer, but only for your console screen, not an arbitrary console screen. See the API for GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo.

Dave.

[jj2007]

It basically boils down to

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invoke GetStdHandle, STD_INPUT_HANDLE
...
invoke SetConsoleMode, eax, ENABLE_LINE_INPUT or ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT or ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT
...
invoke ReadFile, hInput, pBuffer, bLen, ADDR bRead, NULL