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Caribchoc
post 10 Mar, 2008 - 06:53 PM
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Hi and Good night!

I just started using C++ for the Associate Degree program which I am doing.

Can you please tell me, how do I:-

1 - clear the screen (especially when you using a loop and you want the previous screen cleared before going on).

2 - make text blink/flash on the screen

3 - set/change the color of text and background and foreground colors

Thanks a millions for any help you can offer.
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Jayman
post 10 Mar, 2008 - 07:51 PM
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You should check out our Snippets and Tutorials sections. Here is a couple to get you started, I leave it to you to search for the rest.

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Caribchoc
post 11 Mar, 2008 - 12:30 PM
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Hi Jayman9!

Thanks for your response, now seeing this at work... will try them out tonight after classes.... Peace!
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post 11 Mar, 2008 - 03:36 PM
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QUOTE(Caribchoc @ 10 Mar, 2008 - 07:53 PM) *

Hi and Good night!

I just started using C++ for the Associate Degree program which I am doing.

Can you please tell me, how do I:-

1 - clear the screen (especially when you using a loop and you want the previous screen cleared before going on).

2 - make text blink/flash on the screen

3 - set/change the color of text and background and foreground colors

Thanks a millions for any help you can offer.


For number 1 I use

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system("cls");

can anyone tell me if that's bad?
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KYA
post 11 Mar, 2008 - 03:53 PM
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QUOTE

Hi and Good night!

I just started using C++ for the Associate Degree program which I am doing.

Can you please tell me, how do I:-

1 - clear the screen (especially when you using a loop and you want the previous screen cleared before going on).

2 - make text blink/flash on the screen

3 - set/change the color of text and background and foreground colors

Thanks a millions for any help you can offer.

It depends, do you want to use the Win API to do your screen calls or directx, or openGl, etc... ?
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Caribchoc
post 11 Mar, 2008 - 09:18 PM
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I got the System CLS to work.... thanks a million.

KYA remember I am new to this... what you just said although it might help in the future, right now that is dutch to me lol.

We had a test tonight. The last question was as follows:
A program is required to allow a user to enter a random amount of positive numbers. Print the sum and average of the numbers. Produce a pseudocode algorithm.

This is what i wrote:

1. ans -> 0
2. avg -> 0
3. sum -> 0
4. num -> 0
5. count -> 0
6. Prompt the user: How many numbers do you want to use?
7. Accept reply and store in ans
8. While num > 0 and count < ans

a. read num
b. sm = sum + num
c. count = count + 1

9. avg = sum/ans
10. Print sum
11. Print avg
12. Stop
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KYA
post 11 Mar, 2008 - 11:08 PM
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In that case, i wouldn't worry about graphics just yet
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Caribchoc
post 12 Mar, 2008 - 06:53 AM
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QUOTE(KYA @ 12 Mar, 2008 - 12:08 AM) *

In that case, i wouldn't worry about graphics just yet



No, just explain to me what you mean, what they do so I can stay ahead and be current. What ever you folks can teach me or rather that I can assimilate... really, it is greatly appreciated, and I am really eager to learn.

Regards

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post 12 Mar, 2008 - 07:20 AM
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He was saying that there is any number of ways to do what you're asking, and it depends on what you're using to display stuff to the screen.

http://www.directxtutorial.com <-- Good Direct3d tutorials.
http://nehe.gamedev.net/ <-- The quintessential OpenGL tutorials.

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post 12 Mar, 2008 - 07:27 AM
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Gotta crawl before you can walk as well. It really would not be practical to implement graphics in this framework as of yet. Be sure to get the essentials down before you progress further.
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