From:	"Ian Perez" <fish AT discover DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Gotoxy() Malfunction
Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 1998 20:40:43 -0700
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Eli Zaretskii wrote in message ...
>
>On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, KINO wrote:
>
>> -The cursor's position isn't as I wrote or
>> -The cursor's position is O.K. but the printf() function I wrote doesn't
>> appear. After quiting the program I press Alt+F5 and what a surprise that
>> all sentences wroten (write) appear at the bottom of the screen.
>
>You are using gotoxy together with printf.  This is a bad idea, since
>direct console I/O and stdio functions don't mix well.  Use cprintf
>instead.  The DJGPP FAQ list (available as v2/faq210b.zip from the same
>place you get DJGPP) discusses this in more detail in section 9.4.

I had that problem for the longest time, but I finally figured it out.  When
you use printf() or gotoxy(), for some reason, it doesn't show up on the
screen until the program exits.  But if you use fflush(stdout) after a
printf() or gotoxy(), it should clear up the problem.  I hope it works out
:)

    Ian Perez (fish AT discover DOT net)

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