Thread: Pause/slow a screen?

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    Pause/slow a screen?

    I am stuck on trying to find the proper function to puase/slow a screen on a application. Any help would be appreaciated. Written on Borlands C++ enterprise developer. Also I have Dev C++ if you wanna talk that version of C++

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    #include <conio.h>

    ...
    .......

    getch(); //pauses till key is pressed

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    Re: Pause/slow a screen?

    Originally posted by iharringron
    Written on Borlands C++ enterprise developer.
    Does that have a console app :P

    You could use a dummy variable to pause your screen

    char junk;

    show stuff
    cin >> junk

    or use cin.get();
    I haven't used a compiler in ages, so please be gentle as I try to reacclimate myself. :P

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    and if I am trying to merely put in a time wait, like 20 seconds before it goes to next stage, then 10 seconds?

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    edit: pay attention to the threads titled something like sleep();

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    I prefer using getch() or sleep(), unless you care about portability and stuff like that...
    none...

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    hmmm, ok... sleep will proly help me then... just gotta do some searches... thanks for the help

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    Originally posted by iharringron
    hmmm, ok... sleep will proly help me then... just gotta do some searches... thanks for the help
    Sleeping would really help me right now... maybe its a good idea. I'm so tired...

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