brady.k — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 22:42:30 +0000

haha...thanks!

Mark Hensler — Sun, 23 Feb 2003 05:31:59 +0000

Super high level, eh?
Would you like some assembly code instead?

Q10CLEAR    PROC    NEAR
            PUSHA                       ;Preserve general registers
            
            MOV     AX,0600H            ;Scroll whole screen
            MOV     BH,17H              ;White on blue
            MOV     CX,0000             ;Full screen
            MOV     DX,184FH            ;
            INT     10H                 ;Clear it up
            
            POPA                        ;Restore registers
            RET
Q10CLEAR    ENDP

brady.k — Sun, 23 Feb 2003 01:16:09 +0000

isnt that the same link you gave me in the other post? lol

the thing is, i've googled and stuff...cant find anything on this low of a level..its all superhigh level stuff...

Renegade — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 02:46:17 +0000

http://www.hotscripts.com/C_and_C++/Tips_and_Tutorials/ might be of some help

Mark Hensler — Fri, 21 Feb 2003 17:50:45 +0000

Oh, that kinda GUI. I immediately thought Windows.

Come to think of it, neither class even taught us to print colored text. Doh!

brady.k — Fri, 21 Feb 2003 17:00:39 +0000

oh yea...its in DOS, you know those blue screen progs in like doctors offices and stuff? thats what i'm sorta aiming for...i was just wondering how to get that user-interface...

i'm just using Notepad to write it...

Mark Hensler — Fri, 21 Feb 2003 07:41:49 +0000

For your first C/C++ program, I would recommend you start by making DOS applications. Much, much easier IMO.

I've taken two C/C++ courses, neither got anywhere close to GUI. I only kept one book, and I don't like it much. It's "How To Program C++" by "Deitel & Deitel", published by Prentice Hall. When I get back to it, I'll prolly look for a book published by Osborne or IDG.

I've only made one attempt at a GUI C++ app, and I did it with MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class). And what's cool is that it works. It's only a form with 8 buttons and a menu consisting of File and Help, but heck, it's still a GUI.

I've heard that it's easier to make your own functions for drawning the GUI (compared to MFC). But having MSDN, I had more resources about how to use MFC than how to write my own functions.

As far as getting input. cin/cout (I believe) is only for console input/output.

What invironment are you using to write your app? (MS VC++?, borland?)