Thread: How to set win32 console back to the first line?

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    How to set win32 console back to the first line?

    I want to display output in my console and yet set it back to the top afterwards. The thing is I don't want to set the cursor to (0,0). I just want the console to go there and leave the cursor where it is. Is there a way of doing this (basically setting the scrollbar back to the top)?

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    Please read the question more carefully.
    Last edited by dxfoo; 03-08-2008 at 10:32 AM.

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    Max was trying to help; you should probably rephrase your question instead of asking someone to guess at the discrepancy between the supplied answer vs. the question.

    Have you checked out set cursor position?

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    Please read the question more carefully too

    I'll break it down (just repeating what I said):

    I do not want to clear anything - This is why I mentioned I will be outputting text.
    I do not want to move the cursor back to the top - I mentioned this too.
    I want the scrollbar to move back to the top - Mentioned this too.

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    Try SetConsoleWindowInfo function
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    Alright, thanks.

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