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JNI Perhaps?

Posted by Bill Venners on April 21, 2000 at 10:28 AM

>
> I am trying to find out how to clear an msdos screen using java
> In c++, there was a function called clrscr() which used to serve
> this purpose - java does not seem to have anything similiar.
> I have looked everywhere for a solution, and tried many different
> suggestions none of which work.
> For example...it was suggested to use ANSI terminal sequences,
> but this failed..
> also tried the following -
> Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime ();
> Process p = r.exec ("cmd /c cls");
> but what this was doing was clearing another thread - not the
> main one i was working on.
> I need a way of using the above to clear the main thread, or some
> alternate suggestion of a solution that ppl might be aware of.
> This is an urgent issue and would appreciate any and all assistance.
> rgds.

If you are not concerned about platform independence, which
your question seems to imply (since you are talking about
MS-DOS boxes), why not just call a native method that does
your trusty old C++ clrscr()? To figure out how to do this,
look for documentation at java.sun.com on JNI. I don't have
anything significant about JNI here at artima.com, so I'd just
do a search at java.sun.com for JNI (Java Native Interface).

bv

• Re:Jni Allan Cahill April 24, 2000 at 10:43 AM (2)
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