escape codes ANSI works but also types it

[w0rk]

my code is like this (shortened):

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#include <cvirte.h>     
#include <userint.h>
#include "word97.h"      
#include <formatio.h>
#include "toolbox.h"
#include <utility.h>
#include <Data Types.h>
#include "Function Prototypes.h"
#include "Globals.h"
#include  GUI_HEADER
#include <stdio.h

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ErrChk (Word_SelectionTypeText (currSelHandle, NULL, "<Esc>[7A] ...some text..")); 

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and it works (move 7 spaces up) but then it also types <Esc>[7A] which i dont want it to, i just want it to move 7 cursor lines up and then not type my code. i have tried it above (bellow this text) but then it comes up with 10 errors and really doesnt like it. im wondering if there is a thing like cout or echo for cvi. another problem is that im using a very old version of cvi, cvi6.0. Plus if there is any other way to move it up 7 lines then im willing to hear it , or to delete 7 line (but i doubt you can delete it as no-one has any idea how)

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<Esc>[7A]

ErrChk (Word_SelectionTypeText (currSelHandle, NULL, "...some text.."));

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thanks for any help, it could be pretty easy i dont know as im new to CVI, but i have done programming here and there on assembler and C++.

lewis

[BenClark]

Hi Lewis,

Welcome to the NI discussion forums.

It's difficult to analyse this code because I don't have access to the particular functions or header files you are trying to call. Is there a way you can provide me with the full project so that I can see what you are trying to do?

For now I have assumed that the escape charactor you're trying to send is 7A in hex, have you tried replacing <ESC>[7A] with \x7a ?

[w0rk]

its very long (like 1200 lines is the biggest file and there are 12 files all different sizes if you want them all) as its a front end sytem with lots of different calculations and things in. My friend said "seeing as your doing a hnc in electronics program try to figue this out" and well i have got rid of about 10/11 other errors but this one is abit more confusing as the obvious doesnt work and nether does the difficuilt, but basically it imports a word document onto a new one , imports a table and then adds more lines unerneth it.

The problem occurs that it is too long by a line but there are 7 spaces that i can get rid of this is because the table is 8 colloms wide and doesnt stop when it ends it goes on another 8 times (thinking there are more rows when there arnt). This is why im trying to delete some lines or go up a few lines

also the hex code didnt work it just imputed a ":" and that was it, it didnt go up any lines. Is there a code like "cout ("\b")" or something like that for cvi?

Finally the headers dont really do anything except define things and input different calculations / set up that dont relate to this little bit of code

thanks for looking into this,

lewis

[BenClark]

Apologies, I only really needed the code to understand the function and to test any of my suggestions. It's very strange that the function performs the escape sequence action (<ESC> is the escape sequence character) and then prints it out as text as well. I previously hadn't acknowledged that the [7A instruction was to place the cursor upwards. What happens if you do not include the extra "]".

You're writing in the C language, so \b should be a non-destructive backspace character inside a string.

[w0rk]

the strange thing is that the \b doesnt work at all it just prints an unknown symbol (looks like a card with a dimond in the middle) but then /n and /t work as i have tried them allready.

and i know esc is an escape sequance character that why i didnt understand why it printer it ether, but i tried it with out the bracket and it still prints "<ESC>[7A ..... somewords..." so that doesnt work ether sorry. is there a different way you know that will work with cvi 6 that deletes 4/5/6/7 lines or moves up 4/5/6/7 lines? it could be a string or anything (im willing to try alot to make it work)

any solutions will be greatfull, and thanks ben for trying to sort this out for me,

lewis

[BenClark]

Hi Lewis,

It seems that I don't have access to the word97 header so I apologise if this seems very hit and miss.

I've read up on it and there also seems to be a function that allows you to move up the selection, try playing around with the Word_SelectionMoveUP function. Prototyped as

HRESULT CVIFUNC Word_SelectionMoveUp (CAObjHandle objectHandle,
                                      ERRORINFO *errorInfo, VARIANT unit,
                                      VARIANT count, VARIANT extend,
                                      long *returnValue);

 For example putting the following above your Word_SelectionTypeText() function and removing the escape sequence might work:

ErrChk(Word_SelectionMoveUp (curSelHandle, NULL, CA_DEFAULT_VAL, CA_VariantLong(7), CA_DEFAULT_VAL, NULL)); /*Defaults to "line" units, and "extend mode" to "move"*/

If you're still having no luck then it may be better if you sent me everything, so that I can have a good idea about what else is going on in the code and I can try a few things for myself.