GOTOXY ...why doesn't it work?

[Anonymous]

how does GOTOXY work in dev c++......????????????????????

[Anonymous]

n9ne... How many forums have you asked the same question in?

You could also #include <conio.c> which is a work-a-round file written by Hongli Lai, tkorrovi, and Andrew Westcott. It is public  domain and was included in Dev-Cpp 4.9.6.0, or maybe earlier.

Try this console app...

#include <conio.c> //Note the .c

int main(void)
{
  gotoxy(10, 12);
  printf("This should be at 10,12\n");
  system("PAUSE");   
  return 0;
}

In this case, you can get away with just including <conio.c> because conio.c itself includes conio.h, stdio.h, stdlib.h, and windows.h. The  non-debug executable is 5k.

To make a smaller executable, try this...

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>
//Note that conio.c is *NOT* included.

int main(void)
{
  //This is the actual gotoxy function from conio.c.
  void gotoxy(int x, int y)
  {
   COORD c;
   c.X = x - 1;
   c.Y = y - 1;
   SetConsoleCursorPosition (GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), c);
  }

  gotoxy(10, 12);
  printf("This should be at 10,12\n");

  system("PAUSE");   
  return 0;
}

This console executable is 3k... you save 2k. (It would still be a bargin at twice the price. hehe.) Hope this helps.