Using the High-Level Input and Output Functions

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#include <windows.h> 

 

void NewLine(void); 

void ScrollScreenBuffer(HANDLE, INT); 

 

HANDLE hStdout, hStdin; 

CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbiInfo; 

 

void main(void) 

{ 

    LPSTR lpszPrompt1 = "Type a line and press Enter, or q to quit: ";

    LPSTR lpszPrompt2 = "Type any key, or q to quit: ";

    CHAR chBuffer[256]; 

    DWORD cRead, cWritten, fdwMode, fdwOldMode; 

    WORD wOldColorAttrs; 



    // Get handles to STDIN and STDOUT. 



    hStdin = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE); 

    hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE); 

    if (hStdin == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE || 

        hStdout == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) 

    {

        MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("GetStdHandle"), TEXT("Console Error"), 

            MB_OK);

        return;

    }



    // Save the current text colors. 



    if (! GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hStdout, &csbiInfo)) 

    {

        MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo"), 

            TEXT("Console Error"), MB_OK); 

        return;

    }



    wOldColorAttrs = csbiInfo.wAttributes; 



    // Set the text attributes to draw red text on black background. 



    if (! SetConsoleTextAttribute(hStdout, FOREGROUND_RED | 

            FOREGROUND_INTENSITY))

    {

        MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("SetConsoleTextAttribute"), 

            TEXT("Console Error"), MB_OK);

        return;

    }



    // Write to STDOUT and read from STDIN by using the default 

    // modes. Input is echoed automatically, and ReadFile 

    // does not return until a carriage return is typed. 

    // 

    // The default input modes are line, processed, and echo. 

    // The default output modes are processed and wrap at EOL. 



    while (1) 

    { 

        if (! WriteFile( 

            hStdout,               // output handle 

            lpszPrompt1,           // prompt string 

            lstrlenA(lpszPrompt1), // string length 

            &cWritten,             // bytes written 

            NULL) )                // not overlapped 

        {

            MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("WriteFile"), TEXT("Console Error"), 

                MB_OK); 

            return;

        }



        if (! ReadFile( 

            hStdin,    // input handle 

            chBuffer,  // buffer to read into 

            255,       // size of buffer 

            &cRead,    // actual bytes read 

            NULL) )    // not overlapped 

        break; 

        if (chBuffer[0] == 'q') break; 

    } 



    // Turn off the line input and echo input modes 



    if (! GetConsoleMode(hStdin, &fdwOldMode)) 

    {

       MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("GetConsoleMode"), TEXT("Console Error"),

           MB_OK); 

       return;

    }



    fdwMode = fdwOldMode & 

        ~(ENABLE_LINE_INPUT | ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT); 

    if (! SetConsoleMode(hStdin, fdwMode)) 

    {

       MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("SetConsoleMode"), TEXT("Console Error"),

           MB_OK); 

       return;

    }



    // ReadFile returns when any input is available.  

    // WriteFile is used to echo input. 



    NewLine();



    while (1) 

    { 

        if (! WriteFile( 

            hStdout,               // output handle 

            lpszPrompt2,           // prompt string 

            lstrlenA(lpszPrompt2), // string length 

            &cWritten,             // bytes written 

            NULL) )                // not overlapped 

        {

            MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("WriteFile"), TEXT("Console Error"), 

                MB_OK);

            return;

        }



        if (! ReadFile(hStdin, chBuffer, 1, &cRead, NULL)) 

            break; 

        if (chBuffer[0] == '/r')

            NewLine();

        else if (! WriteFile(hStdout, chBuffer, cRead, 

            &cWritten, NULL)) break;

        else

            NewLine();

        if (chBuffer[0] == 'q') break; 

    } 



    // Restore the original console mode. 



    SetConsoleMode(hStdin, fdwOldMode);



    // Restore the original text colors. 



    SetConsoleTextAttribute(hStdout, wOldColorAttrs);

}



// The NewLine function handles carriage returns when the processed 

// input mode is disabled. It gets the current cursor position 

// and resets it to the first cell of the next row. 

 

void NewLine(void) 

{ 

    if (! GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hStdout, &csbiInfo)) 

    {

        MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo"), 

            TEXT("Console Error"), MB_OK); 

        return;

    }



    csbiInfo.dwCursorPosition.X = 0; 



    // If it is the last line in the screen buffer, scroll 

    // the buffer up. 



    if ((csbiInfo.dwSize.Y-1) == csbiInfo.dwCursorPosition.Y) 

    { 

        ScrollScreenBuffer(hStdout, 1); 

    } 



    // Otherwise, advance the cursor to the next line. 



    else csbiInfo.dwCursorPosition.Y += 1; 

 

    if (! SetConsoleCursorPosition(hStdout, 

        csbiInfo.dwCursorPosition)) 

    {

        MessageBox(NULL, TEXT("SetConsoleCursorPosition"), 

            TEXT("Console Error"), MB_OK); 

        return;

    }

} 



void ScrollScreenBuffer(HANDLE h, INT x)

{

    SMALL_RECT srctScrollRect, srctClipRect;

    CHAR_INFO chiFill;

    COORD coordDest;



    srctScrollRect.Left = 0;

    srctScrollRect.Top = 1;

    srctScrollRect.Right = csbiInfo.dwSize.X - x; 

    srctScrollRect.Bottom = csbiInfo.dwSize.Y - x; 

 

    // The destination for the scroll rectangle is one row up. 

 

    coordDest.X = 0; 

    coordDest.Y = 0; 

 

    // The clipping rectangle is the same as the scrolling rectangle. 

    // The destination row is left unchanged. 

 

    srctClipRect = srctScrollRect; 

 

    // Set the fill character and attributes. 

 

    chiFill.Attributes = FOREGROUND_RED|FOREGROUND_INTENSITY; 

    chiFill.Char.AsciiChar = (char)' '; 

 

    // Scroll up one line. 

 

    ScrollConsoleScreenBuffer( 

        h,               // screen buffer handle 

        &srctScrollRect, // scrolling rectangle 

        &srctClipRect,   // clipping rectangle 

        coordDest,       // top left destination cell 

        &chiFill);       // fill character and color 

}