OR, you can try NCURSES library: ncurses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As you use Windows, you will need PDCURSES: PDCurses for Windows
I like it very much, and if you want to know why, take a look at some apps using Ncurses: PDCurses for Windows

If you need help with it, read its documentation: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/doc...ming-HOWTO.pdf

For your task, the code would be very simple too...
Enjoy!