've got a console app that outputs lines via Console::WriteLine. Now, ... how to keep the output line on one line as it writes?

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This is that old saw first encountered using QBASIC and that marvelous extension library include schema. Except for the fact that I've written the app in C++ and hope to do the same "LOCATE" freeze I used in QBASIC.

There's simply a couple of lines of code to manipulate the WriteLine(), yes?

How it worked in QBASIC was that the line where the output was to be made could be identified. Instead of scrolling to the next line, when this location was omitted, and the printing done. So all prints went into the same identified location.

Is there a "WriteLine" WHERE?

Posted 20-Jan-12 10:46am

RedDk

Updated 20-Jan-12 10:55am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 20-Jan-12 22:26pm

Is it C++ or C++/CLI? It looks like C++/CLI, so change your tag.
--SA

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Solution 1

Use Console::Write instead of Console::WriteLine

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.console.write.aspx[^]

Posted 20-Jan-12 11:05am

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RedDk · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-20T11:07:00

Solution 2

One additional line of code is necessary the blank the screen and "locate" the text as it scrolls during output.

Console::Clear();

Posted 20-Jan-12 11:07am

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