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"Gautier Write-only-address" wrote:
> Liddle Feesh:
>
> >New_Line(N) would eventually fill the screen with blank lines and
> >therefore reduce efficiency?
>
> Well... it depends on the nature of your project...
> +/- portable, +/- console, +/- DOS, +/- interactive, ... ?
> Maybe the ANSI solution is the tradeoff you are looking for.
> Just by searching the Web with "procedure gotoxy is ansi ada"
> I found a lot of ready-made packages. E.g. this one
>   http://perso.club-internet.fr/ariffart/ada/ada05.html

Thanks for that Gautier,

Unfortunately, I'm still having problems getting the ANSI solution to work.
I am running Windows 2000, and I know that the ANSI.SYS drivers must be
loaded to function properly.

I've added two lines to both config.nt and config.sys to load the drivers.

Whenver I execute:
put( Ascii.ESC & "[2J" ); --or any other derivative of..

All I get is [2J printed on the screen.

Any ideas?