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Playcom Console Library

Purpose:

Library for Delphi-Console-Applications | Supports Windows 11 (and earlier)

• Can be used to write modern and appealing console applications.
• Should allow older (legacy) source code (Borland Pascal 7.0) to run under Windows.

Usage:

Include the location of the unit "crt.pas" to the searchpath in your project settings and add the unit to the uses-clauses of your project. For the use of extended functions of the library it could be necessary to add further units (e.g. "ply.console.pas", or "ply.console.extended.pas") to the uses-clauses. To demonstrate the use of the library, I have added Demo-Applications.

Feature-List:

• Largely compatible with legacy code (Borland Pascal 7.0)
• Different fonts and font sizes
• Any size of the console window
• Enhanced Input- and Output-Functions
• FrameWindow & LineSelect
• Extended color-support (16 background colors, colorcodes freely selectable)
• Underline & Outline Text
• Full keyboard support
• AnsiString and UnicodeString support (including e.g. chinese characters)
• ScreenSave & ScreenRestore (save to memory or disk)
• Move console-window on any position on the desktop (includes multi-monitor-support)
• Change all console-modes (LineWarp, Opacity, QuickEditMode, etc.) directly from the software
• and many more

Minimal Console-App:

program Demo01_Minimal_Console_App;
uses crt;
begin
  TextBackground(White);
  Textcolor(Red);
  ClrScr;
  Writeln('Hello World!');
  Readkey;
end.

Contributions:

Contributions are welcome, either as Pull Requests or bug reports. If you want to report a bug or you are missing a feature, contact me by email (wolfgang[at]playcom.de).

Screenshots: