XGF seems to be good only if one is completely in control of all the output to the screen. Otherwise any writes can mess it up.
As we discussed recently, the XGF demo hangs when I try to run it, so I have beeen less excited about it. thanks Kevin --- Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you considered using XGF? > > === > Gregory Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "A practical man is a man who practices the errors > of his > forefathers. -- Benjamin Disraeli > > > > On Jul 12, 2005, at 9:47 PM, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > > > I am in the middle of writing a function to > display a > > progress bar. > > > > I want the bar to stay on one line, so at the end > of > > each line, I need to do something to get back to > the > > beginning of line. > > > > My first approach was to write the line, then > write a > > $char(13) to go back to the beginning of the line, > > ready for the next refresh. > > > > But this gave very odd output, like this: > > > > Lets begin... > > Progress: > > > 94%--------------------------------------------->|| > > Progress: 89%------------------------>|--| > > Progress: > > 84%-------------------------------------->|--- > > Progress: > > 74%----------------------------------->|---------| > > Progress: 69%--------------------|-----------| > > Progress: > 64%----------------------------->|-------- > > Progress: > > 59%-------------------------->|------------------| > > Progress: 49%------------------------------------| > > Progress: 44%------------------->|-------------- > > Progress: > > 39%----------------->|---------------------------| > > Progress: > 29%----------------------------------------| > > Progress: 24%---------->|------------------- > > Progress: > > 19%-------->|------------------------------------| > > Progress: > > 9%---->|--------------------------------------| > > Progress: 4%->|------------------------ > > -------------------| > > All done!... > > > > > > But if, instead, I write a !, and then issue an > escape > > sequence to move the cursor up one line, it works > > perfectly. > > > > It acts like it drops characters unless I write a > ! > > > > Does anyone know what is going on? > > thanks > > Kevn > > > > > > GTM> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More > With Dual!' webinar > > happening > > July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to > explore the latest in > > dual > > core and dual graphics technology at this free one > hour event > > hosted by HP, > > AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit > http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More With > Dual!' webinar happening > July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to > explore the latest in dual > core and dual graphics technology at this free one > hour event hosted by HP, > AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit > http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More With Dual!' webinar happening July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to explore the latest in dual core and dual graphics technology at this free one hour event hosted by HP, AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
