Hello all Delphi wizards:

Is there a Console application CRT Unit equivalent (Like from the old
Turbo Pascal days) where I could:
  1) Clear the screen (CLRSCR)
  2) go to a row and column position on the CRT and display info.    
(GOTOXY)

Assuming there is not a replacement for CRT Unit, what is the closest
component based solution; i.e. how would I do direct positioning into
a memo component?

Thanks

David Laub

Hello,
You should check the {$AppType CONSOLE} compiler directive. I didn't see
it has the old GoToXY directive, but it is opening a window like a DOS
window.
A GoToXY is not needed to be a component It has to be a simple
procedure.

Dov Landau
Jerusalem

Assuming you're using Delphi 2.0, search Help for "AllocConsole", then click
"Group" up near the top of the window. This will take you to the help
for the Console API, which has all the Win32 Console functions. You can do
things like GoToXY with the functions listed there (they're not as easy, but
you could easily write some wrapper functions to do the same thing as GoToXY).

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FillConsoleOutputCharacter/FillConsoleOutputAttribute

SetConsoleCursorPosition

A memo if quite close (provided that you set the font to a
proportional font) - but I'd suggest writing your own custom console
window - much like in Windows terminal programs.

Regards,

Jani J?rvinen
a.k.a SilverStream Software
Helsinki Finland

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