'----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 ' BCX Console mode demonstration by Kevin Diggins (2000) 
 ' Uses pointer arithmetic to grab screen text and color attributes 
 ' Clears the screen and then restores the original text screen 
 '----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 DIM Buffer$ * (80 * 25 * 2) + 1
 GetText(1, 1, 80, 24, Buffer$)
 Say("Press a key to Clear the screen")
 CLS
 Say("Press a key to Restore the screen")
 PutText (1, 1, 80, 24, Buffer$)
 
 
 SUB Say(A$)
   LOCAL EatKey
   PRINT A$
   WHILE NOT INSTAT
   WEND
   EatKey = KEYPRESS
 END SUB
 
 SUB GetText(x1, y1, x2, y2, dest$)
   LOCAL  i      AS DWORD
   LOCAL  ilen   AS DWORD
   LOCAL  width  AS DWORD
   LOCAL  coord  AS COORD
   LOCAL  pwattr AS LPWORD
   LOCAL  y      AS INTEGER
   LOCAL  pstr   AS LPSTR
 
   width = (x2 - x1 + 1)
   pwattr = (ushort *)malloc(width * SIZEOF(*pwattr) + 1)
 
   IF NOT pwattr THEN
     EXIT SUB
   END IF
 
   pstr = (char *)malloc(width)
 
   IF NOT pstr THEN
     EXIT SUB
   END IF
 
   FOR y = y1 TO y2
     coord.X = x1 - 1
     coord.Y = y - 1
     ReadConsoleOutputCharacterA(hConsole, pstr, width, coord, &ilen)
     ReadConsoleOutputAttribute(hConsole, pwattr, width, coord, &ilen)
     FOR i = 0 TO width
       *dest$ = *(pstr + i)
       dest++
       *dest$ = (char)*(pwattr + i)
       dest++
     NEXT
   NEXT
 END SUB
 
 SUB PutText(x1, y1, x2, y2, srce$)
   LOCAL i      AS DWORD
   LOCAL ilen   AS DWORD
   LOCAL width  AS DWORD
   LOCAL coord  AS COORD
   LOCAL pwattr AS LPWORD
   LOCAL y      AS INTEGER
   LOCAL pstr   AS LPSTR
 
   width = (x2 - x1 + 1)
   pwattr = (ushort *)malloc(width * SIZEOF(*pwattr))
 
   IF NOT pwattr THEN
     EXIT SUB
   END IF
 
   pstr = (char *)malloc(width + 1)
 
   IF NOT pstr THEN
     EXIT SUB
   END IF
 
   FOR y = y1 TO y2
     FOR i = 0 TO width
       *(pstr + i) = *srce$
       srce++
       *(pwattr + i) = *srce$
       srce++
     NEXT i
     coord.X = x1 - 1
     coord.Y = y - 1
     WriteConsoleOutputCharacterA(hConsole, pstr, width, coord, &ilen)
     WriteConsoleOutputAttribute(hConsole, pwattr, width, coord, &ilen)
   NEXT y
 END SUB