private static void DrawInstructions()
{
var resetConsoleWindowAspect = new ResetConsoleWindowAspect();
resetConsoleWindowAspect.OnEntry();
try
{
Console.CursorTop = 3;
ConsoleEx.WriteLine(3, "Instructions: ", ConsoleColor.White);
ConsoleEx.WriteLine(4, "Enter commands to move a toy robot around a 5x5 unit table.", ConsoleColor.DarkGray);
ConsoleEx.Write(4, "Enter '", ConsoleColor.DarkGray);
ConsoleEx.Write("Report", ConsoleColor.Gray);
ConsoleEx.WriteLine("' to exit.", ConsoleColor.DarkGray);
Console.WriteLine();
ConsoleEx.WriteLine(3, "Valid Commands", ConsoleColor.White);
ConsoleEx.WriteLine(3, " - Place", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
ConsoleEx.WriteLine(3, " - Move", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
ConsoleEx.WriteLine(3, " - Left", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
ConsoleEx.WriteLine(3, " - Right", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
ConsoleEx.WriteLine(3, " - Block", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
ConsoleEx.WriteLine(3, " - Report", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
}
finally
{
resetConsoleWindowAspect.OnExit();
}
}
public static void ClearLine()
{
var resetConsoleWindowAspect = new ResetConsoleWindowAspect();
resetConsoleWindowAspect.OnEntry();
try
{
Console.Write(new string(' ', Console.WindowWidth));
}
finally
{
resetConsoleWindowAspect.OnExit();
}
}
public static void ClearLine(int lineNumber)
{
var resetConsoleWindowAspect = new ResetConsoleWindowAspect();
resetConsoleWindowAspect.OnEntry();
try
{
Console.SetCursorPosition(0, lineNumber);
Console.Write(new string(' ', Console.WindowWidth));
}
finally
{
resetConsoleWindowAspect.OnExit();
}
}
public static void ClearLine(int lineNumber, int start, int length)
{
var resetConsoleWindowAspect = new ResetConsoleWindowAspect();
resetConsoleWindowAspect.OnEntry();
try
{
Console.SetCursorPosition(start, lineNumber);
if ((start + length) > Console.WindowWidth)
{
length = Console.WindowWidth - start - 1;
}
Console.Write(new string(' ', length));
}
finally
{
resetConsoleWindowAspect.OnExit();
}
}
/// <summary>Draws a box to the console.</summary>
/// <param name="x">The x-coordinate of the top left corner.</param>
/// <param name="y">The y-coordinate of the top left corner.</param>
/// <param name="width">The <paramref name="width" /> of the box to draw..</param>
/// <param name="height">The <paramref name="height" /> of the box to draw..</param>
/// <param name="clearContents">if set to <c>true</c> the inside of the box is cleared.; otherwise only the box is rendered.</param>
/// <param name="foreColor">The foreground colour to write.</param>
/// <param name="backgroundColor">The background colour to write.</param>
public static void DrawBox(int x, int y, int width, int height, bool clearContents = false, ConsoleColor foreColor = ConsoleColor.White, ConsoleColor backgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black)
{
var resetConsoleWindowAspect = new ResetConsoleWindowAspect();
resetConsoleWindowAspect.OnEntry();
try
{
width = Math.Min(width, Console.WindowWidth);
height = Math.Min(height, Console.WindowHeight);
Console.CursorLeft = x;
Console.CursorTop = y;
ConsoleEx.Write("┌", foreColor, backgroundColor);
ConsoleEx.Write(new string('─', width - 2), foreColor, backgroundColor);
ConsoleEx.Write("┐", foreColor, backgroundColor);
Console.CursorTop++;
if (clearContents)
{
for (int rowIndex = 1; rowIndex < height; rowIndex++)
{
Console.CursorLeft = x;
ConsoleEx.Write($"│{new string(' ', width - 2)}│", foreColor, backgroundColor);
Console.CursorTop = y + rowIndex;
}
}
Console.CursorLeft = x;
ConsoleEx.Write("└", foreColor, backgroundColor);
ConsoleEx.Write(new string('─', width - 2), foreColor, backgroundColor);
ConsoleEx.Write("┘", foreColor, backgroundColor);
}
finally
{
resetConsoleWindowAspect.OnExit();
}
}