How to flush last two lines in the console, in the c++ console application?

Question

Hi,

In my c++ console application, I am displaying progress indicator?

I am using 2 console lines for progress bar, in the last line I am displaying progress bar and in the previous line I am displaying text related to progress bar,

I need to flush last 2 lines for overwriting progress indicator changes? How to flush last 2 lines in the console?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi,

In my c++ console application, I am displaying progress indicator?

I am using 2 console lines for progress bar, in the last line I am displaying progress bar and in the previous line I am displaying text related to progress bar,

I need to flush last 2 lines for overwriting progress indicator changes? How to flush last 2 lines in the console?

Thanks in advance.

I assume you mean that you want to erase (or overwrite with spaces) the prior contents on the console.

How about FillConsoleOutputCharacter function or WriteConsoleOutput function

Answer 2

If you want to get really up to date with state of the art console output in Windows 10 see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/console-virtual-terminal-sequences

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