Microsoft Visual C++ & <curses.h>

Hi,

I am working on my PhD project and have came across the following problem and I just need a little advice.

I am writing (modifying if I tell the truth) a genetic algorithm code in C++. The code was originally designed to run on a UNIX machine, and I need it to be compatible to run on a windows based machine, hence why I am using Visual C++.

On downloading the files from the UNIX machine to my windows machine I thought everything had gone well, but when I tried to run the main program, I recieved an error message saying:

fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: "curses.h": No such file or directory.

I know curses.h is a UNIXlibrary of functions for controlling a terminals video display screen from the C program but is there a header file analagous to it in Windows based programming or is it possible for me to download this header file and use it that way?

Thanks

Alan Homer

Hello Alan,
If you want your program to output text to a console type environment, iostream.h comes with a lot of useful functions for input/output. Other than that, you will have to say what you want it to do, unless someone else is familiar with curses.h.

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