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KuraKai · Mar 9th, 2008, 4:34 PM

I now have another question for this, How do I make Win32 Console GUI. If you take a look at the BIOS or even the Windows Installer for XP you will notice they have GUIs that are done in with ASCII. I tried to work this out by doing...

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cout << (char)169 << (char)196 << (char)196 << (char)196 << (char)170 << "\n";
cout << (char)179;
cout << (char)169 << (char)196 << (char)196 << (char)196 << (char)170 << "\n";
cout << (char)179;

That looks like a start but it quickly becomes obvious that there are going to be gaps and there not going to be connected properly. Is there any other way of accomplishing this?

Mar 9th, 2008, 4:34 PM	#9
KuraKai Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	Re: Console Game Development I now have another question for this, How do I make Win32 Console GUI. If you take a look at the BIOS or even the Windows Installer for XP you will notice they have GUIs that are done in with ASCII. I tried to work this out by doing... C++ Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) cout << (char)169 << (char)196 << (char)196 << (char)196 << (char)170 << "\n"; cout << (char)179; cout << (char)169 << (char)196 << (char)196 << (char)196 << (char)170 << "\n"; cout << (char)179; That looks like a start but it quickly becomes obvious that there are going to be gaps and there not going to be connected properly. Is there any other way of accomplishing this?