Console Screen update - Iteration Count

[karthigan]

I am writing a simple hardware test program in C that would run from
Windows command line.

Inside one of the loops, I have this code fragment that would display
the Iteration count.

{
....
system("cls");
printf("\nItera tion:%d", i);
....
}

Since I have to clear the screen everytime I update the Iteration
count, there is lot of "FLICKERING ".

Is there a better way to update the Iteration count without having to
clear the screen?

Regards,
Karthigan.

[Anand]

ka*******@yahoo .com wrote:

I am writing a simple hardware test program in C that would run from
Windows command line.

Inside one of the loops, I have this code fragment that would display
the Iteration count.

{
...
system("cls");
printf("\nItera tion:%d", i);
...
}

Since I have to clear the screen everytime I update the Iteration
count, there is lot of "FLICKERING ".

Is there a better way to update the Iteration count without having to
clear the screen?

Regards,
Karthigan.

try something like... should help in reducing the flickering...
{
....
printf("%08d\b\ b\b\b\b\b\b\b", i);
fflush(stdout);
.....
}

[kernelxu]

karthi...@yahoo .com wrote:

Inside one of the loops, I have this code fragment that would display
the Iteration count.
{
...
system("cls") ;
printf("\nIte ration:%d", i);
...

}
Since I have to clear the screen everytime I update the Iteration
count, there is lot of "FLICKERING ".
Is there a better way to update the Iteration count without having to
clear the screen?

this subroutine may be useful for you to scratch some ideas.
but if it is far from your problem, just forget it.
void process_bar(voi d)
{
unsigned int i;
unsigned long j = 0L;

printf("Copying ......");
for(i = 1; i < 101; i++)
{
printf("%%%3d", i);
printf("\b\b\b\ b");
j = 0L;
while (j < 60000000)
{
j++; /*delay)*/
}
fflush(stdout);
}
printf("\nCompl eted!\n");
}