moving the cursor (c++)

[jmiller]

i know that there is a function call gotoxy() that moves the cursor to x,y; this is in the conio.h lib. But this won't work with the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. Can anyone tell me how I could move the cursor to a certain spot?

[The Hobo]

Here's two functions I wrote:

void gotoxy(int x, int y) {

    COORD coord;
    coord.X = x;
    coord.Y = y;

    HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, coord);

}

//function to move the cursor n spaces horizontally:
void SetXPos(int x) {

    //I made this function because I really don't like the way
    //setw() does it.

    HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbiInfo;
    COORD coord;

    GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbiInfo);

    coord.X = x;
    coord.Y = csbiInfo.dwCursorPosition.Y;
	
    SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, coord);
}

Both require the window.h header file.

[jmiller]

thanks!