clearing the screen

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From: m204help
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1987 13:44

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I'm writing a program using the MEGAMAX C system and my program is going
to spit out lines of output to the screen. My problem is that I want to
clear the screen (exit the desktop), have my program display its' information,
then return to the desktop.
How do I do this ??? I realize I can spit out a bunch a blank lines, but I 
would like to be a little more elegant about things. I have read in my
MEGAMAX documentation the stuff on the AES and opening windows etc. ,,
is this what I need to do ? 
Does one have to open a window to clear the desktop ? Is there an escape
sequence I can pump out of my program ? 
I know that there is probably a simple answer to this question, but
I'M CONFUSED. 
Your help is greatly appreciated,
keith hedger

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