/* * Demonstrates that console clearing sets each cell's character to SP, not * NUL, and it sets the attribute of each cell to the current text attribute. * * This confirms the MSDN instruction in the "Clearing the Screen" article. * https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682022(v=vs.85).aspx * It advises using GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo to get the current text * attribute, then FillConsoleOutputCharacter and FillConsoleOutputAttribute to * write to the console buffer. */ #include #include #include #include #include "TestUtil.cc" int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { if (argc == 1) { startChildProcess(L"CHILD"); return 0; } const HANDLE conout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE); SetConsoleTextAttribute(conout, 0x24); system("cls"); setWindowPos(0, 0, 1, 1); setBufferSize(80, 25); setWindowPos(0, 0, 80, 25); CHAR_INFO buf; COORD bufSize = { 1, 1 }; COORD bufCoord = { 0, 0 }; SMALL_RECT rect = { 5, 5, 5, 5 }; BOOL ret; DWORD actual; COORD writeCoord = { 5, 5 }; // After cls, each cell's character is a space, and its attributes are the // default text attributes. ret = ReadConsoleOutputW(conout, &buf, bufSize, bufCoord, &rect); assert(ret && buf.Char.UnicodeChar == L' ' && buf.Attributes == 0x24); // Nevertheless, it is possible to change a cell to NUL. ret = FillConsoleOutputCharacterW(conout, L'\0', 1, writeCoord, &actual); assert(ret && actual == 1); ret = ReadConsoleOutputW(conout, &buf, bufSize, bufCoord, &rect); assert(ret && buf.Char.UnicodeChar == L'\0' && buf.Attributes == 0x24); // As well as a 0 attribute. (As one would expect, the cell is // black-on-black.) ret = FillConsoleOutputAttribute(conout, 0, 1, writeCoord, &actual); assert(ret && actual == 1); ret = ReadConsoleOutputW(conout, &buf, bufSize, bufCoord, &rect); assert(ret && buf.Char.UnicodeChar == L'\0' && buf.Attributes == 0); ret = FillConsoleOutputCharacterW(conout, L'X', 1, writeCoord, &actual); assert(ret && actual == 1); ret = ReadConsoleOutputW(conout, &buf, bufSize, bufCoord, &rect); assert(ret && buf.Char.UnicodeChar == L'X' && buf.Attributes == 0); // The 'X' is invisible. countDown(3); ret = FillConsoleOutputAttribute(conout, 0x42, 1, writeCoord, &actual); assert(ret && actual == 1); countDown(5); }