How do you initialize the graphic library in console mode using VisualC++ 6?

i don''t know what you mean by graphic library for the console (and i don''t think there is one), but there are some api functions that you can use to manipulate the cursor/cursor position and therefore draw "directly" to the screen.
unfortunately i can''t remember them, nor do i have a documentation here.
look for something like GetStdHandle and search your way thru msdn

hope that helps
ridcully

there is no graphics library for Console mode... its real messed in the head... its not realy a dos application and its not realy a windows app... its some where in between....
You can''t go graphics of any kind in it....

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I''ve tried that before. I got an illegal operation, then my app terminated. Guess my system doesn''t cut .

Don't worry, NuffSaid, it's not your computer. Win32 programs, which is what console programs in VC 6.0++ are, are not allowed to access I/O ports(even memmory mapped) or use interrupts.

Edited by - Sheltem on July 31, 2000 4:05:08 AM

Console applications are just as much Win32 applications as GUI Win32 applications. They just use the console subsystem (obviously, since Windows 9x and Me have DOS in them DOS has a hand in making them work when run on those platforms, but that has nothing to do with the application itself).

VC++''s console apps don''t support graphics. They are just 32-bit tex-only mode programs with little to no use.

If you want a good 32-bit DOS compiler, get DJGPP and Allegro as was suggested before. Get it at DJGPP Website

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