Need some idea help

[crazyfool]

hey guys,
I'm trying to write a tray app in c++ for my htpc to take input from my mce remote and translate it into text, like sms on your phone, 1 = abc etc...
I know pretty much how to do it except for one thing. I want to use hotkeys which can be toggled on or off depending when i want to use the sms input. So if i press 1 it will run the abc() function which will use a timer to count the keypresses within a couple of seconds and translate that into the correct letter/number. However what I can't figure out is what happens when I press 1 which calls abc() and then immediately press 2 which calls def() and then immediately after I press 1 again.
abc() will still be running when I press 2 and then when I press 1 again it will just increment the count of 1 so instead of getting an output of ada I would get bd.
I need some way of telling abc() that it needs to finish when another key is pressed and then when it is finished run def().
I hope this makes sense. If you have any idea, doesn't need to be code, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.

EDIT: As a side note, how can I get the program to do nothing indefinately until one of the hotkeys are pressed? Atm I'm using a loop which is using 100% cpu usage:O

[gippy]

Are you saying you have a function called abc() which is invoked when 1 is press and a function def() when 2 press and so on? If that is the case I think this all would be better if they where condensed into one function. Basically you would need one capture function with a threaded timer and a static reference to the last key pressed with a static counter of number times a key has been pressed. If the key pressed is not the same as the last key press the timer can be reset and the letter applied. I could knock up some code if need be.

To get the program to do nothing other then loop you need to thread it so that you can sleep the program.

[gippy]

crazyfool, how did you fair with this problem?

[crazyfool]

Well actually I haven't got around to writing the program as I've been busy with work. Soon as I get a minute though I'll give it another shot. Thanks for the help though.