From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3fb128e1ed30d99d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-26 06:58:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Michael Bode Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Clearscreen - ANSI don't work in NT/2000 Date: 26 Dec 2001 15:56:34 +0100 Organization: Organized? Me? Sender: mb@jupiter.solar.system Message-ID: <2foc0a.bm1.ln@320025674319.dialin.t-online.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1009378567 03 18310 MnJYTGeESXAh2a 011226 14:56:07 X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 320025674319-0001@t-dialin.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18306 Date: 2001-12-26T15:56:34+01:00 List-Id: "Liddle Feesh" writes: > Unfortunately, I'm still having problems getting the ANSI solution to work. > I am running Windows 2000, and I know that the ANSI.SYS drivers must be > loaded to function properly. Forget ANSI with NT. Microsoft is not compatible to any standard in the world. > Any ideas? You need to use the Windows NT console API. I've had the same problem and found a package from Jerry van Dijk(*) which implements screen positioning functions. I also modified the ANSI terminal emulator packages by Michael Feldman(**) to work with the Console API package. So you can write programms that are portable from NT to OSses which have ANSI by simply recompiling them with a different package. I would mail you the whole stuff, if you get yourself a real email address. (*) I don't remember the URL where I found that (**) Part of the gnat sample programms