How to add a Timeout to Console.ReadLine()?

Question

I have a console app in which I want to give the user x seconds to respond to the prompt. If no input is made after a certain period of time, program logic should

Answer 1

Im my case this work fine:

public static ManualResetEvent evtToWait = new ManualResetEvent(false);

private static void ReadDataFromConsole( object state )
{
    Console.WriteLine("Enter \"x\" to exit or wait for 5 seconds.");

    while (Console.ReadKey().KeyChar != 'x')
    {
        Console.Out.WriteLine("");
        Console.Out.WriteLine("Enter again!");
    }

    evtToWait.Set();
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
        Thread status = new Thread(ReadDataFromConsole);
        status.Start();

        evtToWait = new ManualResetEvent(false);

        evtToWait.WaitOne(5000); // wait for evtToWait.Set() or timeOut

        status.Abort(); // exit anyway
        return;
}