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Flushes the status line
void sm_m_flush ( void );
sm_m_flushforces Panther to display updates to the status line. This is useful if you want to display the status of an operation withsm_d_msg_linewithout flushing the entire display likesm_flush.
#include <smdefs.h>
/* Process a big pile of records, providing
* status as we go.
*/
char buf[80];
int k;
k = 0;
do {
sprintf (buf, "Processing record %d", k + 1);
sm_d_msg_line (buf, REVERSE | WHITE);
sm_m_flush ();
} while (process (records[k++]) >= 0);