Q44469: _clearscreen Does Not Clear the Entire Screen in _ERESCOLOR

Article: Q44469
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist2.00 | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 25-MAY-1989

Consider the following program:

   #include <graph.h>

   void main (void)
   {
           _setvideomoderows (_ERESCOLOR, 43);
           _rectangle (_GBORDER, 0, 0, 639, 349);
           _clearscreen (_GCLEARSCREEN);  /* not entirely successful */
   }

When this program is executed on a computer that supports the
_ERESCOLOR video mode with 43 lines of text, the largest rectangle
possible is drawn on the screen. Next, the entire screen should be
cleared by the _clearscreen function. But its not -- the bottom six
lines of pixels are not cleared. This is incorrect behavior.

To work around this problem, add the following two lines of code to
the above program:

   _setcolor (0);
   _rectangle (_GFILLINTERIOR, 0, 344, 639, 349);

This code will clear the bottom six lines of pixels.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Version 2.00. We are
researching this problem and will post new information as it becomes
available.

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