c++ console graphics

hi there coders this is George, i've been working on a payroll project and i'm finding difficulty in my c++ console graphics. any one with any idea how to go about it? you know a class for console graphics or guidelines on how to go about it. i've been seeing some documentation on gotoxy(int x, int y) but i really do not know how to use it. * i'm also thinking about how to control my keyboard input. you know stopping the keyboard from appearing on the console and display something simultaneously like ( password -> ********) *

Hi, this reply is probably a bit late. But what exactly do you mean by console graphics?

I assume your not developing using the Windows GUI, but instead you're to create you application to display everything through a text based terminal/console window. In which case you want to reposition to cursor in order to write text at various points, as in:

#include <conio.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main(void)
{
int i;
printf("This is the first line.\n");
gotoxy(10,4);
printf("This is the second line.\n");
gotoxy(20,8);
printf("And this is line 3.\n");
 
return 0;
}

As for the password. You should look into functions like reference:getc or getch (depending on your compiler). If you wrap this into a loop, as in

while(1)
{
  char key=getc();
  putchar(key);  // use putchar('*') for passwords.
  if(key==13) break;
}

that should hopefully do what you need