I am writing a DOS program that needs the gotoxy() function. Borland C++ has it in conio.h but VC++ does not have it. Since this is someone else's code, I can't change compiler.

Does someone have code sample to implement a gotoxy() function for cursor positioning?

Thanks
Carl

Cursor positioning in text mode?

I believe you'll need to do some assembly work... plus Borland has an inline assembler.... I have a clue on how to do it in NASM, but not with C++ and inline ASM... sorry

It's very simple to build a function like gotoxy() using a software interruption. The following code do this and it works fine in any compile running on DOS (like Turbo C and Visual C)

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <dos.h>

void gotoxy (int x, int y)
{ union REGS regs;
  regs.h.ah = 2; /* cursor position */
  regs.h.dh = y;
  regs.h.dl = x;
  regs.h.bh = 0; /* vídeo page #0 */
  int86(0x10, &regs, &regs);
}

int main (void)
{ clrscr();
   movetoxy(35,10);
   printf("Hello\n");
   return 0;
}



Willians Santos
Software Engineer
Brazil

#include <windows.h>

void gotoxy(int xpos, int ypos)
{
  COORD scrn;

  HANDLE hOuput = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

  scrn.X = xpos; scrn.Y = ypos;

  SetConsoleCursorPosition(hOuput,scrn);
}

Hey guys... I tried the gotoxy(x, y) code you put out there and it doesnt work. I have Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 (Just in case that helps) and I am trying to make a program using gotoxy.

Thanx in advance for any new code.
Blaze!

Parabéns pela sua definição. Foi a mais objetiva e funcional que encontrei! Funcionou perfeitamente com o VC++ 6.0. Muitíssimo obrigado!!

Parabéns pela sua definição. Foi a mais objetiva e funcional entre as que eu encontrei. Funcionou perfeitamente com o VC++ 6.0. Muitíssimo obrigado!