C++ Help: Conio Library

[NS_CHROME54]

having some strange issues with C++... MS Visual C++ 6 to be precise.

i just started doing c++ in my infotech class at school. we're using visual c++ 4 and dev-c++. we're having some strange issues with the conio library. it seems that getche() is the only conio function that will work in both environments (well, that i've used so far). kbhit() and getch() work in visual c++ (both 4 and 6), whereas clrscr() and gotoxy() only work in dev-c++.

does visual c++ have issues with the conio library? plz help.

[XSuneX]

What is conio library?

[greploco]

conio == console input output

(((aside: been a while since I've coded, but I remember those calls acting weird. I had to write a bunch of stupid test programs to get my head around them)))

[Varaem]

dev-c++ has a lot of differences with visual c++, esp in the conio header. Check the help files how to make them work, but I haven't used C++ in about a year now. I remember I tried to do clrscr() on dev-c++ and took me about 20 min to figure out how to make it work like i wanted. help files are your friend. different IDEs sometimes have different header files, or implement them differently, so try actually open conio.h and read through it.

[NS_CHROME54]

hmm maybe i should just get borland c++, they created the conio library in the first place...

[Capt. Rik]

clrscr() and gotoxy() do not exist in the MSVC 6 (or .NET) version of conio.h.

[Samhain]

I believe you can call system('clr') to clear the screen, I think the include is dos.h... and I'm pretty sure there are alternatives equal to everything you need.