Hi , I'm new here... I hope this is the correct forum , seems like it...
I am trying to find out the options available to create 'status' and 'menu' subwindows to a main ConsoleWindow. (I guess you'd call it, I get confused between that and ConsoleScreen) I had done something similar in ncurses a few months ago.
I have gone through the great tutorial at: 'http://www.adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/index.html' but he stops just short of this type of thing (hint hint). Suprisingly, I have not been able to find much more secifically on console programming. I am now trudging through msdn (again) and could use some direction!
So far I feel I could print stuff to different areas of the screen and try to not overwrite one with the other but it seems there would be a different method. I last tried using CreateConsoleScreenBuffer for a second screen but actually messed up my laptop's video driver when sizing it different from the first screen buffer.... so I'm staying away from trying that but I am thinking about using that second buffer as an overlay and switching active...
I don't know , msdn is overwhelming and cryptic ,, and so I'm asking...
Thanks, Howard;