From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: window() function doens't work?
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 15:45:07 -0400
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Luke Steele wrote:
> I'm having some problems with the window() function.  When I define a
> window, only the first line of text within it appears within the
> window's x limits -- subsequent lines of text appear at the far left
> of the screen as if the window function hadn't been called.  Any ideas
> as to the problem?

i do not really understand what your problem is ... a couple of lines to
illustrate the problem would have been nice. that said, take a look at
the following, maybe it will help:

#include <conio.h>

int main(void)
{
 clrscr();
 window(5,5,40,10);
 cputs("this is some simple test string to be printed.\n\r");
 cputs("this is another simple test string to be printed.\n\r");
 getch();

 textbackground(BLUE);
 clrscr();
 cputs("and if the amount of text overflows the window boundaries, ");
 cputs("it will automatically scroll.\n\r");
 getch();

 cputs("\n\n\n\n\n\rThere you go...");
 return 0;
}

on second thought, it is probably because you terminate the strings with
\n only rather than \n\r ... i am not sure why the conio functions were
implemented this way, but i have gotten used to it.
-- 
   Sinan
 
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