/*_|_|   begin   WINDERS.CPP   (part 4 of 5)                       **
_|_|_|   PUBLIC DOMAIN   by Kurt Kuzba   12/25/1997                **
_|_|_|   A simple example of using windowed text in Borland C++.   **
_|_|_|   No warrantees or guarantees given or implied.             **
_|_|*/
//   define double shadowed window class derived from MyWindows   ***
class DoubleShadowWindow : public MyWindows{
public:
   void Create(WIN_DEF, char*);
   void Create(int, int, int, int, int, int, char*);
};
//**********   DoubleShadowWindow functions
void DoubleShadowWindow::Create(int l = 2, int t = 2, int r = WIDE - 3,
   int b = HIGH - 2, int a = 0x1f, int ba = 0x19,
   char *brd = "\xd5\xb8\xd4\xbe\xcd\xb3")
{
   if(psBuffer)
      return;
   WIN_DEF wd = { l, t, r, b, a, ba };
   Create(wd, brd);
}
void DoubleShadowWindow::Create(WIN_DEF wd,
   char *brd = "\xd5\xb8\xd4\xbe\xcd\xb3")
{
   if(psBuffer)
      return;
   int iBuf, iGray, iWide;
   char *psGray;
   wd1.nL = (wd.nL  WIDE - 3) ? 2 : wd.nL;
   wd1.nR = (wd.nR  WIDE - 3) ? WIDE - 3 : wd.nR;
   wd1.nT = (wd.nT  HIGH - 2) ? 2 : wd.nT;
   wd1.nB = (wd.nB  HIGH - 2) ? HIGH - 2 : wd.nB;
   wd1.nA = wd2.nA = wd.nA;
   wd1.nBA = wd2.nBA = wd.nBA;
   wd2.nL = wd1.nL - 1;
   wd2.nR = wd1.nR + 3;
   wd2.nT = wd1.nT - 1;
   wd2.nB = wd1.nB + 2;
   psGray = new char[iBuf = Grab()];
   memmove(psGray, psBuffer, iBuf);
   iWide = (wd2.nR - wd2.nL + 1) * 2;
   for(iGray = iWide * 2 - 3; iGray < iBuf; iGray += iWide)
   {
      psGray[iGray] = char(0x08);
      psGray[iGray + 2] = char(0x08);
   }
   for(iGray = iBuf - iWide + 2; iGray < iBuf; iGray++)
   {
      if(iGray & 1)
         psGray[iGray] = char(0x08);
   }
   puttext(wd2.nL, wd2.nT, wd2.nR, wd2.nB, psGray);
   delete psGray;
   char szOut[81], szFormat[81], szFiller[81];
   szFiller[80] = char('\0');
   sprintf(szFormat, "%s%d%s", "%c%.", 1 + wd1.nR - wd1.nL, "s%c");
   memset(szFiller, brd[4], 80);
   sprintf(szOut, szFormat, brd[0], szFiller, brd[1]);
   gotoxy(1, 1);
   textattr(wd1.nBA);
   cprintf(szOut);
   memset(szFiller, ' ', 80);
   sprintf(szOut, szFormat, brd[5], szFiller, brd[5]);
   for(iGray = wd1.nT; iGray <= wd1.nB; iGray++)
      cprintf("\n\r%s", szOut);
   memset(szFiller, brd[4], 80);
   sprintf(szOut, szFormat, brd[2], szFiller, brd[3]);
   cprintf("\n\r%s", szOut);
   window(wd1.nL, wd1.nT, wd1.nR, wd1.nB);
   textattr(wd1.nA);
   clrscr();
   _wscroll = 1;
}
/*_|_|   end   WINDERS.CPP   (part 4 of 5)                         */
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