// Ever tried to call clrscr() in a Win32 Console Application?

void ClrScr()
{
 HANDLE hStdout; 
 DWORD writtenchars, writtenattrs;
 COORD coord = {0, 0};
 hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
 CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO cbsi;
 GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hStdout, &cbsi);
 FillConsoleOutputCharacter(hStdout, 0, cbsi.dwSize.X*cbsi.dwSize.Y, coord, &writtenchars);
 FillConsoleOutputAttribute(hStdout, cbsi.wAttributes, cbsi.dwSize.X*cbsi.dwSize.Y, coord, &writtenattrs);
 SetConsoleCursorPosition(hStdout, coord);
}

// What about gotoxy?

void GotoXY(int x, int y)
{ 
 COORD coord = {x, y};
 SetConsoleCursorPosition(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), coord);
}

// hmm textcolor?
FOREGROUND_BLUE
FOREGROUND_GREEN
FOREGROUND_RED
FOREGROUND_INTENSITY

BACKGROUND_BLUE
BACKGROUND_GREEN
BACKGROUND_RED
BACKGROUND_INTENSITY
void TextColor(unsigned char attr)
{
 SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), attr);
}