JD>What I need for my application is an API that gives me a high degree of
 JD>control over the display -- so that, for example, I can emulate an
 JD>ANSI file to the screen while maintaining the sysop status bar

Check Snippets (distributed by C_ECHO's Bob Stout) for what you want.
I know it's in the version named SNIP9404.*.  I do have some minor
enhancements if you're interested after seeing it.

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