Clear()

static void System.ConsolePal.Clear ( )

inlinestatic

Definition at line 801 of file ConsolePal.cs.

    {
        global::Interop.Kernel32.COORD cOORD = default(global::Interop.Kernel32.COORD);
        IntPtr outputHandle = OutputHandle;
        if (outputHandle == InvalidHandleValue)
        {
            throw new IOException(System.SR.IO_NoConsole);
        }
        global::Interop.Kernel32.CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO bufferInfo = GetBufferInfo();
        int num = bufferInfo.dwSize.X * bufferInfo.dwSize.Y;
        int pNumCharsWritten = 0;
        if (!global::Interop.Kernel32.FillConsoleOutputCharacter(outputHandle, ' ', num, cOORD, out pNumCharsWritten))
        {
            throw System.IO.Win32Marshal.GetExceptionForWin32Error(Marshal.GetLastPInvokeError());
        }
        pNumCharsWritten = 0;
        if (!global::Interop.Kernel32.FillConsoleOutputAttribute(outputHandle, bufferInfo.wAttributes, num, cOORD, out pNumCharsWritten))
        {
            throw System.IO.Win32Marshal.GetExceptionForWin32Error(Marshal.GetLastPInvokeError());
        }
        if (!global::Interop.Kernel32.SetConsoleCursorPosition(outputHandle, cOORD))
        {
            throw System.IO.Win32Marshal.GetExceptionForWin32Error(Marshal.GetLastPInvokeError());
        }
    }

References System.ConsolePal.GetBufferInfo(), System.IO.Win32Marshal.GetExceptionForWin32Error(), System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetLastPInvokeError(), System.ConsolePal.InvalidHandleValue, System.SR.IO_NoConsole, and System.ConsolePal.OutputHandle.

Referenced by System.Console.Clear().