-=> Quoting Andrew Seeger to All <=-

 AS> a few questions. I am using Borland's Turbo C++ 3.0 and at this stage

Yes, we legends do tend to use compilers from Borland... 8-)

 AS> can someone show me a few ways of doing the screens, apart from putting
 AS> them into an array, the screens are over 2k in size. I have looked at
 AS> window, textattr etc, am i looking in the right place? I have tried

Easy way out, Andy.  Import the .ANS into TheDraw (he should already be using
TheDraw if he's worth more than twelve cents) and then save it in
"C" format
and then as a "Normal" file.  All you need then do is use puttext() -- the
instructions for doing so are in TheDraw's manual.

BTW TheDraw saves the ANSI as a header file and (yes) as an array.

 AS> programs that embed the screens, but i dont really have a need to do
 AS> that, but i would like to have the screens contained within the main EXE

Just include your ANSI (saved in "C" format) and then use puttext().

 AS> 2... A clock routine, to display the clock and continually updating

Dunno...  I'd like a solution to that for my CLI program...

 AS> 3... When i compile a program, i end up with a lot of compiler crap at
 AS> the end of the exe, which shows things like the paths and names of the
 AS> .c source code files etc. How can i clean this up to make it more
 AS> respectable? 

Hmmm...  That happens to me.  I use Protect! EXE/COM on my programs anyway,
so they can't screw around with them :)  But otherwise -- no idea <:(

 AS> 4... Book suggestions! So that i may make a more informed choice. I
 AS> already have a book called 'A Book On C' by Al Kelley and Ira Pohl,
 AS> ANSI C edition. 

Try "Using C++", published by Que (if I remember correctly).  It's pretty
good and is written by one of the fellas who was on the committee for one of
the bits of the ANSI standard or something like that...

 AS> 5... Am i using the right compiler? So far Turbo C++ v3.0 appears to
 AS> be doing the job, but....??

I would prolly run out and buy Borland C++ v4.5 on CD-ROM if I had the cash,
but Turbo C++ v3.1 is in the Top 10 DOS apps (or something like that) in the
U.K. (or was last time I checked -- a month or two ago) -- so you're pretty
safe with v3.0 (only .1 of a version behind :)

BTW if anyone says otherwise -- tell me and I'll beat the crap out of them :)

 AS> I guess there will be a few more questions along my path, so please
 AS> bare with me, and yes, i will read any FAQ's i can get my hands on!

Pass 'em straight on to me too -- I'd like all the help I can get too!

Chow.

Junyer Hakker.

... He who dies with the most TAGLINES wins!

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