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Richard Hiltbrunn

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Console mode clear screen... Posted: Apr 2, 2003 7:27 AM
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Is there an easy way to clear the screen in console mode? I have been looking all over for something as easy as System.out.clearScreen(); but have not found anything so far. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rich


Matt Gerrans

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Re: Console mode clear screen... Posted: Apr 2, 2003 11:33 AM
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Since out is a stream, clearing its "screen" doesn't make sense.

What operating system are you using? I posted an RMI example that did this for Windows some time ago (you can find it by searching these forums - I don't remember whether it is in the current forum or the legacy one, but you can search both).

If you are on Linux (or Unix), I think it would be a snap to make the same RMI code work for that platform, as well (if the clrscr() call in conio.h is not the same, it is probably very similar). Then you just write a little wrapper to check what platform and use the appropriate RMI call.

Kishori Sharan

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Re: Console mode clear screen... Posted: Apr 2, 2003 3:05 PM
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What does "an RMI example" has to do with clearing console screen in any platform?????

Matt Gerrans

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Re: Console mode clear screen... Posted: Apr 2, 2003 4:38 PM
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Oops, I meant JNI, again.

Richard Hiltbrunn

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Re: Console mode clear screen... Posted: Apr 4, 2003 11:37 AM
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Thanks for the tip. Sorry I sound so ignorant...but I am! I'm a VB programmer just learning Java. Thanks for your patience.

Rich.

eti

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Re: Console mode clear screen... Posted: Apr 7, 2003 12:10 AM
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write the following statements inside a method and call it whenever you want to clear the console

String clear="\n\n\n\n\n... 25 times"
System.out.println(clear);

I hope this may help you as of now.

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