How do you display characters or strings starting in a set position?

[Guest_imported]

Third try posting this topic. Posted the other two in the wrong forum. Think I got it right this time.

Okay, in TI-BASIC, if you want to start the text going on the 3rd line, fourth space in, you write the command line...

:Output(3,4,"YADAYADAYADA")

This allows you to do animation, because it doesn't erase what was there previously.

So how do you do that in C++?

Btw, I'm using Visual C++ 6.0

Thanks for your time.

 

[SpeakerForTheDead]

Btw, I'm now a member.

 

[SpeakerForTheDead]

Oh! ::slaps head::

I'm using just simple Console Applications. That's all they teach you how to use in High School Programming.

 

[SpeakerForTheDead]

Umm...

Please help if you can.

 

[Guest_imported]

Use the api SetConsoleScreenPosition.

Here is an example

void main()
{
COORD c = {3,10};
HANDLE hScreenBuffer = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

SetConsoleCursorPosition(hScreenBuffer,c);
SetConsoleTextAttribute(hScreenBuffer,FOREGROUND_RED | BACKGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY);

printf("Hello World"
}

 

[Leibnitz]

if you are using windows95 or windows98 and if you have the
ansi.sys file in your "autoexec.bat".
You might symply do it like this:

#include<stdio.h>
#define POS(x,y) printf(&quot;\033[%d;%dH&quot;,x,y);
void main()
{
POS(3,4);
printf(&quot;YADAYADAYADA&quot;
}

 

[SpeakerForTheDead]

Leibnitz, thanx. I'll try that Monday.

 

[SpeakerForTheDead]

Didn't work. It displayed <-[3;4HYADAYADAYADA.
(Note, <- was one character, I just don't know how to type it)

#define POS(x,y) printf(&quot;\033[%d;%dH&quot;,x,y);
Was that statement right?

 

[SpeakerForTheDead]

And, wundram, I what library is SetConsolePosition in?

Again, I am only using a simple Win32 Console application.

 

[NiceButDim]

wundram's example requires the includes
stdio.h & windows.h

 

[Leibnitz]

#define POS(x,y) printf(&quot;\033[%d;%dH&quot;, x, y)
Yes these statement is perfectly right,i have found it in a programming book.And i have use it a couple time with visual c++.

But to be able to use it,you need to follow these two conditions.

1- First you need to have win95 or win98 as your current operating system.

2- Second ,you might need to modify the &quot;config.sys&quot; not the &quot;autoexec.bat&quot; file by including the following line in it:
device = c:\windows\command\ansi.sys
(notice:if you dont add this line,it will never work)
(you will find the &quot;config.sys&quot; in your c:\ root)
then you will need to restart your computer in order for the changes to take place.

 

[SpeakerForTheDead]

Well, THERE'S the problem. I would be using a school computer. I seriously doubt I would be authorized to add that. But I can always ask. What does it do, anyway?

 

[SpeakerForTheDead]

And I tried Wundram's thing, including the neccesary libraries. It does the exact same thing as Leibnitz'.