Text on Graphics screen

[bob5845]

Nearing completion on a graduate C++ project (using borland C++ ver 3.1 ----a DOS version) that gprahically displays a graph algorithm (maximum flow). I've created structures that hold values of the verticies and edges. I would like to display them on the graphic screen during the execution of the program.
Because most of the screen is taken up by the action of the graphics, I have only about a third of the screen on the right side of the screen to use for this. I am able to display the text using gotoxy( ), but am looking for a better way. Since these values are changing during the running of the program, they must be able to change dynamically. Any help would be appreciated.

[biosx]

What graphics library are you using?

[bob5845]

I am using graphics.h

[biosx]

outtextxy(int x, int y, char *string) does the trick

I figure you can combine this with the getmaxx() and getmaxy() functions to make it change dynamically. Or you can write your own functions for that.

Here is an example usage:

#include <graphics.h>

int main()
{
   int max_x, max_y;

   // initialize your graphics whatever way

   max_x = getmaxx();
   max_y = getmaxy();

   setcolor(BLUE);
   settextjustify(CENTER_TEXT, CENTER_TEXT);
   settextstyle(SANS_SERIF_FONT, HORIZ_DIR, 5);

   outtextxy(max_x/2, max_y/2, "Hello There");

   // Close your graphics whatever way

   return 0;
}

That should display the text in the middle of the screen.

Good luck

[bob5845]

I've posted a message a few days ago about putting text on a graphic screen using Borland C++ 3.1. Here's my problem:
I've drawn an area on the screen (I am using graphics.h) using the following functions:

setfillstyle(SOLID_FILL, BROWN);
bar3d(450,200,600,50,20,1);

This puts up a box on the upper right side of the screen. I want to display text in the 3d box. The problem is that the text is not a string, but values from a structure. In another version of the program (a purely text version), I used cout to display the data on the screen like this:

for (int z=0; z<num_vertices; z++)
cout<<"vertex["<<z<<"]";


vertex[0] is an array.


I've tried using outtextxy( ), but it only outputs a string. I want to write several lines in the box that display the current array values. As the program runs and the values change, I plan on redrawing over the 3d bar and re-writting the new text. Any suggestions?