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Subject: Re: clearing the screen
Message-ID: <647@atari.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Mar-87 16:31:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 13 16:31:42 1987
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in article <13873@cca.CCA.COM>, m204help@cca.CCA.COM (Keith Hedger) says:
> 
> 
> I'm writing a program using the MEGAMAX C system and my program is going
> to spit out lines of output to the screen. My problem is that I want to
> clear the screen (exit the desktop), have my program display its' information,
> then return to the desktop.
> How do I do this ???

  Open a window.
  Write a filled rectangle of color white to the dimensions of the window.
  (This effectively blanks the window by painting the whole screen white).
  DO your stuff.
  CLose the window.
  Delete the window handle.
  Exit.

--alex @ Atari

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