How would I go about clearing the screen in text mode using visual c++ 6.0? I know this has been asked before, but I couldnt find the post. Also, how would I set the cursor to a specific position? Thanks! - Daniel http://sw.mtx.net/daniel/

I beleve clrscr() will clear the text screen you''ll need to include conio.h its non-standard so you might not have it but every compiler I have ever seen has it.

I don''t believe that VC++ 6.0''s version of conio has the clrscr() function in it. I don''t have an answer for your question; just wanted to point this out.

The following article is available at microsoft''s site. The code is not great, my screen flickers when being cleared. Could be my cheap video card.


HOWTO: Performing Clear Screen (CLS) in a Console Application
ID: Q99261

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q99/2/61.ASP

This is what I use to clear the screen in text mode for Visual C++ 6.0

void GotoXY( int x, int y )

{

HANDLE screen = GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE );

COORD _ = { x, y }; SetConsoleCursorPosition( screen, _);

}

void ClrScr()

{

HANDLE screen = GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE ); DWORD NumberOfCharsWritten;

COORD _ = { 0, 0 };

FillConsoleOutputCharacter ( screen, ' ', 0xffff, _, &NumberOfCharsWritten
);

SetConsoleCursorPosition( screen, _);

}

Edited by - Ranok on 3/10/00 11:33:56 PM