Subj : Re: DOS question
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" <ed@mulroyREMOVETHESECHARS.org>
Date : Sat Jul 12 2003 08:43 am

I assume that PowerC is the old Mix C.

You have not specified what the calling arguments to the function are.  I
assume that it doesn't have any so only returns the item at where the cursor
currently is located.

Here is an implementation of a readch such as you describe.  The function is
not very useful.  You really should read the compiler's documentation rather
than trying to force it into the Mix C mold.

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#include <conio.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
#endif

int readch(void)
    {
    int result;
    int x = wherex(), y = wherey();

    gettext(x, y, x, y, &result);
    return result;
    }
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..  Ed

> Rob C wrote in message
> news:3f0f14c9$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> I have used powerC (DOS) for many years. There is a function
> in powerC called  ‘readch();’ that reads the characters and
> attributes currently on the screen, which I then take and store
> in a file. I’m now using the DOS (standard)  platform of Borland
> C++ 5.02 and am asking what function I would use to perform
> that same operation. (Could you please instruct me, too, so that I
> could look these types of things up on my own in the future.)

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