G'Day Daryl,
 
-=> Quoting Daryl Willis to All <=-
 DW> Help I realy need to know how in text/dos mode 45*80
 DW> screen Borland C++ 3.1  How can I save a section of 
 DW> screen to display a message then remove message and 
 DW> replace original screen.

/* Dammit, i did have a good little class to do this, i can't find it,
** i can't even remember what i made it for. Senility  hit me 25-30
** years too early, or perhaps i'm just more advanced than most..
** Anyway i whipped this up for you, i think it's good, it started off
** as a simple example but once i get going:)  it'd be better as a class.
** Sorry couldn't be stuffed with the docs, but if you have probs let
** me know. PS: Andrew's Vidmanager might do this quicker. Come to
** think of it,i can't find that either. Should clean the HDs. :)
*/                                                            

/* WARNING ! Contact with ANSI/ISO will seriously effect this code :-)*/

#include
#include
#include
#include

struct mb
{
 int oldfore;
 int oldback;
 int x,y,xx,yy;
 char *buffer;
 };

int Save_Win(int,int,int,int,struct mb*);
int Restore_Win(struct mb*);
void Pop_Win(struct mb*,char*,int,int,int);


main()
{
 int i;
 char *msg = "This is a POP UP window\n\r Enjoy ! :-)\n\r\
 Or Press a key..:-(";
 int x=5,y=10,xx=30,yy=15;

 clrscr();
 for(i = 1;i<24;i++)
printf("\n1234567890123456789012345678901234567890");

 struct mb* pop;
 Save_Win(x,y,xx,yy,pop);
 Pop_Win(pop,msg,CYAN,BLACK,32);
 while(!kbhit());
 Restore_Win(pop);
 return 0;
 }

int Save_Win(int x,int y,int xx,int yy,mb* buff)
{
 struct text_info info; int st;
 char *localbuff;
 buff->buffer = (char*) malloc((yy-y+1) * (xx-x+1) + 1);
 if(!buff->buffer) return -1;
 st = gettext(x,y,xx,yy,buff->buffer);
 if(!st) return -1;
 buff->x = x;buff->y = y;
 buff->xx = xx;buff->yy = yy;
 gettextinfo(&info);
 buff->oldfore = info.attribute % 16;
 buff->oldback = (info.attribute - buff->oldfore) /16;
 return 0;
}

int Restore_Win(mb* buff)
{
 int fore,back;
 if(!buff->buffer) return -1;
 textcolor(buff->oldfore);textbackground(buff->oldback);
 puttext(buff->x,buff->y,buff->xx,buff->yy,buff->buffer);
 window(1,1,80,25);
 return 0;
 }

void Pop_Win(mb* buff,char *txt,int fore,int back,int frame)
{
 int i;
 if(frame)
 {
  textcolor(back);textbackground(fore);
  gotoxy(buff->x,buff->y);
  cprintf("%*c",buff->xx - buff->x + 1,frame);
  gotoxy(buff->x,buff->yy);
  cprintf("%*c",buff->xx - buff->x + 1,frame);
  for(i=buff->y;i yy;i++)
  {
   gotoxy(buff->x,i);putch(frame);
   gotoxy(buff->xx, i);putch(frame);
   }
 textcolor(fore);textbackground(back);
 window(buff->x+1,buff->y+1,buff->xx-1,buff->yy-1);
 }

 else
 {
  window(buff->x,buff->y,buff->xx,buff->yy);
  textcolor(fore);textbackground(back);
  }

 clrscr();
 cprintf("%s",txt);
}


  L8r Frank (fadam{at}ozemail.com.au).
  

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