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Re: get_key() with backspace

• Posted by Kevin Sieger <simkin at ZEBRA.NET> Mar 28, 1998
• 1120 views

Thanks, will try later when I'm not wasting my time doing other things.

Wave!
Kevin

Mathew Hounsell wrote:

> It was basically said:
> I need to use get_key() to read a string. I want to delete a character on the
sc
> reen
> if backspace (Key 8) is pressed.
>
> Read carefully as this may help a lot of people,
>
> Using DOS32, 14 when sent to the screen deletes the character before it.
>
> I think it works like that with puts(), I can't check as my net connections vi
a
> a
> mac, as you may have guessed. eg puts(1, 14) Otherwise the only thing you can
do
> is use position() to put a NULL over the character that was removed and move t
he
> cursor back using position( )  again. It's annoying but it works.
> I have no Idea about WIN32 as I don't have WIN4+.
>
> ---
> Sincerely,
> Mathew Hounsell
> Mat.Hounsell at mailexcite.com
>
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