I was trying to write some code to do some cursor control and wanted to read single characters. I've tried everything but Win32::Console seems not to work. I'm using ActiveState 5.8.0/806. Here is the code that I think should work. It should read characters and echo "*" characters as each is read. What happens is that I enter characters and get no echo and also get no "*" until I hit "enter". I then get the "*"'s echo'ed and it has read what I entered. 

use Win32::Console ;

$cons = new Win32::Console(STD_INPUT_HANDLE) || die "Can't open new co
+nsole\n";
$oldMode = $cons->Mode ;
$cons->Mode(~(ENABLE_LINE_INPUT|ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT) & $oldMode );
while (1) {
$char = $cons->InputChar(1) ;
last if ord $char == 13 ;
print '*' ;
$password .= $char ;
}
print "\nPassword was $password\n" ;
$cons->Mode($oldMode) ;

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Any help is appreciated.

In reply to Win32::Console Modes not Working on XP by playingwithbots

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