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- {
- SO> Got a question For you all out there..... How the heck can I Write a
- SO> Character into the bottom right corner of a Window without the Window
- SO> scrolling?
- SO>
- SO> if anyone knows some way to keep the Write command from Forwarding the
- SO> cursor position Pointer, that would be fine enough For me.....
-
- Sean, here is a way to do it without resorting to poking the screen.
- }
-
- {$A+,B+,D+,E-,F+,G-,I+,L+,N-,O+,P+,Q+,R+,S+,T-,V-,X+,Y+}
- {$M 8192,0,0}
-
- Uses
- Crt;
- Var
- index1, Index2: Byte;
-
- begin
- ClrScr;
-
- {******************************************
- First Write top line of bordered display
- ******************************************}
-
- Write ('╔'); {Write top Left Corner}
- For Index1 := 1 to 78 do {Write top Horizontal line }
- Write ('═');
- Write ('╗'); {Write top Right Corner}
-
- {*******************************************
- Now Write Bottom line of bordered display
- *******************************************}
-
- Write ('╚'); {Write Bottom Left Corner}
- For Index1 := 1 to 78 do {Write Bottom horizontal line}
- Write ('═');
- Write ('╝'); {Write Bottom Right Corner}
-
- {********************************************************************
- Now inSERT 23 lines of Left&Right bordered display, pushing bottom
- line down as we do
- ********************************************************************}
-
- For Index1 := 1 to 23 do begin { Repeat 23 times }
- GotoXY (1, 2); {Move cursor back to Col 1, Line 2}
- InsLine; {Insert blank line (Scroll Text down)}
- Write ('║'); {Write Left border vertical caracter}
- For Index2 := 1 to 78 do {Write 78 spaces}
- Write (' ');
- Write ('║'); {Write Right border vertical caracter}
- end;
-
- {***********************************************************
- I added this so the Program would pause For a key. This way
- it will allow you to see that it does not scroll up since
- the cursor never Writes to position 25,80
- ***********************************************************}
-
- Asm {Assembler code to flush keyboard}
- mov Ax, 0C00h;
- Int 21h;
- end;
- ReadKey ; {Wait For a keypress}
-
- end.
-
- {
- BTW, this was written, Compiled and Tested in BP 7.0 but should work in
- TP 4.0 and up if you remove the Assembler stuff.
- }