box

well i have been working on this for a bit now but i cant seem to see why its not printing out the box with choices.. can anyone help

Code:

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  int startx = 0;
  int starty =0;
 char *choices[]  = { "choice 1",
                                "choice 2",
                                  "choice 3",
                                  "choice 4",
                                  "Exit",
 };

 int n_choices = sizeof(choices) / sizeof(char *);
 void print_menu(WINDOW *menu_win, int highlight);

int main()
{

  WINDOW *menu_win;
  int highlight = 1;
  int choice = 0;
  int c;
  initscr();
  clear();
  cbreak();
  noecho();
  startx = ( 80 - WIDTH) / 2;
  starty = ( 24 - HEIGHT) / 2;

  menu_win = newwin(HEIGHT, WIDTH, startx, starty);
  keypad(menu_win, TRUE);
  mvprintw(0,0 ," Please select your choice");
  refresh();
  print_menu(menu_win, highlight);
  while (1)
  {
    c = wgetch(menu_win);
        switch (c)
          {
            case KEY_UP:
                if( highlight == 1)
                    highlight = n_choices;
                    else
                          --highlight;
                          break;
              case KEY_DOWN:
                      if( highlight == n_choices )
                            highlight = 1;
                        else
                            ++highlight;
                            break;
                case 10:
                        choice = highlight;
                        break;
                default:
                    mvprintw(24,0, "You have pressed = %3d hope fully we can get %c",c, c);
                    refresh();
                    break;
                }
        print_menu(menu_win, highlight);
            if (choice != 0)
                  break;
        }
        mvprintw(23, 0, "you have choces %d with %c\n",choice, choices[choice - 1] );
        clrtoeol();
        refresh();
        endwin();
        return 0;
  }
    void print_menu(WINDOW *menu_win, int highlight)
  {
      int x, y, i;
      x = 2;
      y = 2;
        box(menu_win, 0, 0);
          for (i=0; i<n_choices; ++i)
          {
            if (highlight == i+1)
            {
                wattron(menu_win, A_REVERSE);
                  mvwprintw(menu_win, y,x,"%s",choices[i]);
                  wattroff(menu_win, A_REVERSE);
                  }
                else
                  mvwprintw(menu_win, y, x, "%s", choices[i]);
                  ++y;
        }
          wrefresh(menu_win);
}

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i hope i can figure this out cause im a newbie and i think i will do better if i knew what am i doing wrong here ... thanx

I had to make a few additions to get it to compile, but the menu displayed fine for me. I added:

Code:

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#include <curses.h>

#define WIDTH 80
#define HEIGTH 24

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Also, if you are having trouble linking, be sure to add the '-lcurses' switch to gcc.

thanx i was wondering why it wasnt working for me.. hehe