how to put flavour in my coding

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I would like to have the introductory part of my program to flash aspect
of the information contained in the welcome part of my program when i run it.
I dont know if this can be done so am asking

C++

{
    cout<< "\n********************************************************";
    cout<< "\n        WELCOME TO PROGRAM MATRIX";
    cout<< "\n********************************************************"<<endl;
    cout<< "\n This program was written by THE GANG OF THREE" << endl;
    cout<<"\n ";
    cout << " for:    Dr. T. Chambers" << endl << endl; 
    cout <<"\n Represents : Group Assignment for C++ 2011";
    cout<<"\n^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^"<<endl;
    cout << "This program will solve a square linear system using Cramer's Rule." << endl;
    cout << "Ax = b, where :"<<endl;
    cout<<"\n               A is a square (n x n) coefficient matrix," << endl;
    cout <<"\n               x is a variable (n x 1) matrix, and."<<endl;
    cout<<"\n               b is a constant (n x 1) matrix." << endl;
    cout<<"\n"<<endl;

    return;
}

Posted 27-Nov-11 4:01am

carlmack

Updated 27-Nov-11 4:29am

Sander Rossel

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Richard MacCutchan 27-Nov-11 10:32am

In a console program? You are kidding right?

Albert Holguin 28-Nov-11 14:16pm

As many have already noted, this isn't the type of thing you'd typically do for a command line program. If you'd like, place a command line switch for help and that would be a more appropriate place to do something like this. For example, if someone types cmd -? you show the information and some help on the program.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-27T04:26:00

Solution 1

If you are talking about blinking part of your text, (i.e. making it flash on and off) there is no direct way to do it for a console application. You can do it by manually overwriting the text with spaces, and sleeping before re-writing it and sleeping again, but that means that the application will become unresponsive to the user.

Bad idea - I wouldn't bother myself (but then I hate splash screens).

Posted 27-Nov-11 4:26am

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carlmack 27-Nov-11 10:28am

ok well said, do you normally engage in programming and to what extent?

carlmack 27-Nov-11 10:34am

just wondering/thinking how i can improve my programming skills
this program is to use craemer's rule to compute matrix operations
but i guess i need to sharpen my math skills, i need it to use in kirchoff's laws calculation

OriginalGriff 27-Nov-11 10:44am

Stuff the puff bit at the front - it just wastes space. How many times are your users going to read that? Or does it just get in the way of what the tool is trying to do? By all means give them info on how to use it, but keep the programmer credits to an "about" or similar - if anyone is interested, they will look there.
Think about it: Console app - why do you write one, and why would you use one in preference to a GUI? Is it because you want to see your name on the screen, or because you want to do some matrix operations fast, and probably from a file or pipe, to a file or pipe.

OriginalGriff 27-Nov-11 10:39am

Oh yes! Lots, and lots...and for more years than I care to remember! :laugh:

carlmack 27-Nov-11 10:49am

i dont know if you will have the time to extend a hand is assisting a new comer to this field , when/where applicable,
i am a young electrical engineer just graduated and am trying some of what i learn, so what would take you a day , maybe will take me a month, but i wish to learn this art well, right now i am trying to do this program i need to use in kirchoff;s current and voltage laws to compute variables in atleast 5 branch circuit, i am using craemer's rult to do the computations, and i want someone whoo could look at my codes and give me some advise. also i currently uses Boreland C++ to compile these program cause thats what we were taught but my machine is a 64 bit and so sometimes i cant make it run, even though it compiles, can i sehow u do?
can i send my code and u look at it for me

OriginalGriff 27-Nov-11 11:10am

Sorry - but I do not have time to mentor you! :laugh:
I did see your other question, but I really don't have enough free time to spare the lots of hours it would take - I'm not an electrical engineer, so I would have to bone up on Kirchoffs just to start understanding what your code is supposed to do. :)

carlmack 27-Nov-11 11:36am

hahahah well u may not be an electrical engineer but u do programming and thats all am asking, but if you busy thats ok, am sure you will contribute to me being as good as u either directly or otherwise, i will just post this code in the general forum and see what assistance i can get.
BLESS

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Nov-11 15:12pm

Griff, just one note: what OP asks does not require electrical engineering. It's a tiny bit of elementary school physics, but mostly the algebra and numerical methods of calculations and also some programming. For a record, most electrical engineers I knew were not able to solve such problems. :-<.
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Nov-11 15:14pm

...As to this answer, I agree, my 5.
--SA

[no name] 27-Nov-11 21:25pm

my vote of 5.

Stefan_Lang · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-28T06:17:00

Are you serious?

Consider this: you're opening the console to go to a directory and maybe rename some file. Now everytime you issue a cd command, a flashing screen suddenly appears, telling you:

********************************************************
        WELCOME TO PROGRAM CD
********************************************************
 This program was written by THE GANG OF ONE
 
 for:    Dr. I Diot


 Represents : Group Assignment for C / MSDOS 2.0 1983
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 This program will change your current directory with the syntax

  cd [directory], where :


               'cd' is the name of this command

               [directory] is the name of the directory you want to change to

Well ... just how long would you consider this funny? Judging by the lengths I go to to prevent all kind of flashy annoying stuff in my browser (and avoiding sites that I cannot restrain in that way), I can tell you that I would not consider it funny at all!

And: what has this to do with your assignment?

My advice: If you really want to try out doing that kind of stuff, go ahead and do it. I believe there are nonprintable chars, that, when printed, create this kind of effect. (at least this used to work back in the time of 8 bit computers, which is about the last time I tried anything like that). But do not show it to your instructor, or he will kill you!