: : : : Hi, I'm trying to move the cursor (not mouse cursor) within the console window. As I understand I can use a function in conio.h called gotoxy(). I cant get this to work. Does anyone know how I can move the cursor so I can print text anyware in the console window I want.
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: : : : I would really like to print a menu of options and above that, I would like the user to enter their selection.
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: : : : And I DONT want to use MFC or anything that calls windows.h
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: : : : Right now, I'm using Dev-C++ 4 as a compiler.
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: : : : ~Eric
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: : : Well guess what, there is no way to do things like that in standard C/C++.
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: : : You're working on Windows so there's nothing wrong with using windows.h and other windows specific header files to do your console manipulations.
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: : : If you're trying to write a cross-platform program then you'll need to either use OS specific code for each platform's build or you'll need to use a cross-platform library that does what you need.
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To understand recursive, first you need to understand recursive
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: : or you could work around wiht fancy macros
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: : #define a macro like changeCursor(x,y)
: : and make it a wrapper(is that correct terminology?)
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: : #define changeCursor(x,y) \
: : winchangecur(x,y)
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: : winchangecur is the real function(or macro, i dont think you need a function for that)
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: : then use only changeCursor in ur code, but as u port the program, write a new function and place it there in changeCursor's definition instead of winchangcur
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: : by the way, i would like to know how you do that using only the API, not MFC, non C++
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: : thanx you two
: : {2}rIng
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: Using macros to wrap OS specific code is the same as what I already mentioned when I said "use OS specific code for each platform's build"
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: For Windows, look for SetConsoleCursorPosition()
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/console_functions.asp
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To understand recursive, first you need to understand recursive
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Here is a good site with tutes on console windows:
http://www.adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/index.html
