Question

What libraries does Windows provide to draw lines? I am only interested in 2D libraries, not OpenGL or DirectX. I am working in C++.

Answer 1

cout << ".------------------------------------------------------------." << endl;

cout << ".\n\
         |\n\
         |\n\
         |\n\
         |\n\
         |\n\
         |\n\
         |\n\
         |\n\
         |\n\
         |\n\
         ." << endl;

EDIT: Forgot the dots.

EDIT 2: Diagonal:

for( int i=0; i<10; i++ )
{
    for( int j=0; j<10; j++ )
    {       
        if( i == j )
        {
            for( int k=0; k<i; k++ )
            {
                cout << " ";
            }

            if( i == 0 || i == 9 )
            {
                cout << ".\n";
            }
            else
            {
                cout << "\\\n";
            }
        }
    }       
}