I'm assuming you mean a console program?
You'll have to know the width of the screen, typically is is 80x25, but it can always be different.

You can't do a gotoxy function in pure C, you'll have...

You will have to know how a stack frame is implemented on your system. I don't know if it is the same for all (or most) x86 systems, but from looking at this article on wikipedia...

>> I was also under the impression that VB passed BSTR strings to C/C++.

You're right, but I just designed my function around the hex output that I got... I decided before I went to documentation...

Well, back when I used VB a lot, I know if I tried to use anything but a basic character, it would show up as a question mark--also, the function I have written here is to change an ASCII string into...

alright, I did this without the help of documentation or help forums, I just sorta, figured it out on my own--and hacked together some code to make it work, and I'm super proud, so bare with me:

I...

Clearly he has duplicated Narue's answer,
however, I don't agree with your second point...
I see no problem with contributing something to a solved thread, especially if there's more than one way...

alright, just throwing it out there

okay wait, even though this thread is solved, if it's a string couldn't you use strlen? Or just int length = 0; while(length++,*myString++);?

awesome, thanks

What's the main difference between while(){ } and do{ }while() loops? From looking at it, it looks like the former evaluates before it performs the iteration and the latter does the evaluation after...

wat?

make some kind of activation key algorithm. Sell the software online, when a user orders a copy just send out a CD containing your software with an activation key on it? It doesn't have to be...