Win32 fancy console-line tool behavior

[Harry Potter]

I have Open Watcom 1.9 and Digital Mars C and am wondering how to do some console tricks such as relocate the cursor and change the color of text from a WinNT command-line application. I also want to know if Win32 API functions such as CreateFileEx() are by default available.

[David Lowndes]

Post by Harry Potter
I have Open Watcom 1.9 and Digital Mars C and am wondering how to do some console tricks such as relocate the cursor and change the color of text from a WinNT command-line application.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682087(v=vs.85).aspx

Post by Harry Potter
I also want to know if Win32 API functions such as CreateFileEx() are by default available.

Yes, non-GUI Win32 APIs can still be used.

Dave

[Harry Potter]

Thank you! That should be useful. :)