CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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MRen
MRen

Reputation: 11

Cursor control in console display

ANSI.SYS is missing in windows 8.1; so how do I create cursor control in a console display?

I am currently using C; if it cannot be done in C, can it be done in C++? Config.sys is supposed to have DEVICE=ANSI.SYS.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 104

Answers (1)

andlabs
andlabs

Reputation: 11598

You want to mix the ancient ancient ancient MS-DOS technologies with the modern Windows NT console. ANSI.SYS is missing because it's looong dead.

What you want to do instead is take advantage of the NT console. Here's a starting point in the API documentation. In particular, there's a guide on handling mouse input that you can use as a starting point.

You may find it easier to use a library like Termbox or pdcurses, depending on the type of program you want to write. There are even some text-based user interface (TUI) libraries, such as Turbo Vision, if you want to write that kind of program instead.

Upvotes: 1

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