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    Display problem

    I have attached my cpp file, the problem is the lil section of code shown here isn't showing even when called. I cannot used std::cout cause it wont' compile..

    Code:
    void openmessage ()
    {
    
    	cout <<setw(45)<<"******************************************"<<"\n";
    	cout <<setw(45)<<"*                                        *"<<"\n";
    	cout <<setw(45)<<"*            Tower of Terrors            *"<<"\n";
    	cout <<setw(45)<<"*            Steve Billington            *"<<"\n";
    	cout <<setw(45)<<"*          www.steveprog.cjb.net         *"<<"\n";
    	cout <<setw(45)<<"******************************************"<<"\n";
    	cout <<"\n\n";
    	
     
    
    }

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    You may need to flush the output buffer. Try:
    Code:
    void openmessage ()
    {
    
    	cout <<setw(45)<<"******************************************"<<endl;
    	cout <<setw(45)<<"*                                        *"<<endl;
    	cout <<setw(45)<<"*            Tower of Terrors            *"<<endl;
    	cout <<setw(45)<<"*            Steve Billington            *"<<endl;
    	cout <<setw(45)<<"*          www.steveprog.cjb.net         *"<<endl;
    	cout <<setw(45)<<"******************************************"<<endl;
    	cout <<endl<<endl;
    	
     
    
    }
    Or add:
    cout.flush();
    after the message.

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    mmm... this newbie was thinking that "endl" flushed the buffers. no?

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    ... it should work; It works for me.

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    yea but does it work when used in that cpp file i attached? Didn't for me

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    Originally posted by Ride -or- Die
    yea but does it work when used in that cpp file i attached? Didn't for me
    Yep... it worked; and it should.

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    I know it should work, but for me it doens't show up. It compiles fine, but it skips it right to "select action" and i have no f'n idea why >_<

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    I know you said it wouldn't compile, but I would try changing it to:
    std::cout << setw(45) << "* Tower of Terrors *" << endl;

    It probably doesn't like mixing old and new. You may also need something in front of setw(), like:
    std::cout << std::setw(45) << "* Tower of Terrors *" << endl;

    And also use: <iomanip> vs <iomanip.h>

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    none of the above, and taking the .h out of iomanip made 6 problems turn into 23

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    try adding

    using namespace std;

    to the top of your program

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    I would put this at the beginning of your main().
    Code:
    int main()
    {
    	
    
    	std::cout <<setw(45)<<"******************************************"<<endl;
    	std::cout <<setw(45)<<"*                                        *"<<endl;
    	std::cout <<setw(45)<<"*            Tower of Terrors            *"<<endl;
    	std::cout <<setw(45)<<"*            Steve Billington            *"<<endl;
    	std::cout <<setw(45)<<"*          www.steveprog.cjb.net         *"<<endl;
    	std::cout <<setw(45)<<"******************************************"<<endl;
    	std::cout <<endl<<endl;
    
    	cout.flush();
    
    	cin.get();
    
    	return 0;
    .
    .
    .
    Once you get that working, then you can throw it into a function.

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    that did it swoop, thnx man.

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