README.md

Description

keyboard controlled text animation

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By	T J Betsworth
Level	Intermediate
User Rating	5.0 (10 globes from 2 users)
Compatibility	C++ (general)
Category	Miscellaneous
World	C / C++
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Source Code

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
using namespace std;
     HANDLE hout= GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
     HANDLE hin = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
     INPUT_RECORD InputRecord;
     DWORD Events;
     COORD coord;
     int x = 30;
     int y = 12;
 void erase(){
SetConsoleTextAttribute(hout,0);
cout<<"XXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
}
 void text(){
COORD coord = {x, y};
SetConsoleCursorPosition(hout, coord);
SetConsoleTextAttribute(hout,rand()%7+9);
cout<<"Planet Source!";
}
 void movetext(){
SetConsoleMode(hin, ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT);
ReadConsoleInput(hin, &InputRecord, 1, &Events);
    if(InputRecord.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualKeyCode == VK_RIGHT)
    {
   erase();
   x++;
   text();
}
 else if(InputRecord.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualKeyCode == VK_LEFT)
    {
   erase();
   x--;
   text();
}
 else if(InputRecord.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualKeyCode == VK_UP)
    {
   erase();
   y--;
   text();
    }
 else if(InputRecord.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualKeyCode == VK_DOWN)
    {
   erase();
   y++;
   text();
    }
FlushConsoleInputBuffer(hin);
}
int main()
{
cout<<"press any arrow key to start use arrow keys to move text\n"
   "keep text inside window Press Ctrl+C to Exit";
while(1)
{
  CONSOLE_CURSOR_INFO cci;
  cci.dwSize = 25;
  cci.bVisible = FALSE;
  SetConsoleCursorInfo(hout, &cci);
  COORD coord = {x, y};
  SetConsoleCursorPosition(hout, coord);
  movetext();
}
}