text viewport

[ivory348]

I understand that it is possible to create a smaller output frame withing the larger frame that the program is already projecting onto the console. I do have an example but the code is being crowded out by a lot of extra stuff. How is it done, might you have a reference, or an example?

Is this the essential code? But how is the background code of the smaller window differentiated from that of the larger window?

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fbgfxHwnd = GetConsoleWindow()
ws = GetWindowLongPtr( fbgfxHwnd, GWL_STYLE )
SetWindowLongPtr( fbgfxHwnd, GWL_STYLE, ws xor (WS_MAXIMIZEBOX or WS_MINIMIZEBOX) )

[fxm]

Is your question about the paragraph "Creating a Text View Port" at page 213 of the "A Beginner’s Guide to FreeBasic" book ?
If yes, see also VIEW PRINT.

[MrSwiss]

For diferent window coordinates (grapics mode) you'll want to look at: Window command.

The code you've posted uses WIN-API, which means: it's no longer OS independent.
(FB only code is OS independent, for all by FB supported platforms.)