C# or .NET Flushing Keyboard Buffer

Question

How do I flush the keyboard buffer in C# using Windows Forms?

I have a barcode scanner which acts like a keyboard. If a really long barcode is scanned and the cancel

Answer 1

@Chris:

Console.KeyAvailable threw an exception on me because the Console did not have focus.

The exception message was helpful, though. It suggested using Console.In.Peek() to read in that instance.

I thought it would be worth noting here as an alternate solution and for posterity.

 if (-1 < Console.In.Peek()) {
     Console.In.ReadToEnd();
 }