Clear the Screen using WinApi functions

// test of the official Windows Console clear the screen function
// tested with Pelles C    vegaseat     26mar2005
 
#include <stdio.h>
 
void clrscr(void);
 
#include <windows.h> 
 
void clrscr(void)
{
  COORD coordScreen = { 0, 0 };  // upper left corner
  DWORD cCharsWritten;
  DWORD dwConSize;
  HANDLE hCon = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
  CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO  csbi;
 
  GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hCon, &csbi);
  dwConSize = csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y;
  // fill with spaces
  FillConsoleOutputCharacter(hCon, TEXT(' '), dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten);
  GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hCon, &csbi);
  FillConsoleOutputAttribute(hCon, csbi.wAttributes, dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten);
  // cursor to upper left corner
  SetConsoleCursorPosition(hCon, coordScreen);
}
 
 
int main(void)
{
  int k;
 
  for(k = 0; k < 25; k++)
  {
    printf("Test........\n");
  }
  printf("Press Enter...");
  getchar();
  clrscr();
  getchar();  // wait  
  return 0;
}