Does anyone know how to print text in color in console? I heard it was os specific. If it is I have windows 98. Please help. I looked all over. Cory Fisher

There is a function in the windows header file (windows.h) which should help you: SetConsoleTextAttribute(). Here is a simple, yet effective, example I found, but I think you should visit MSDN for more information.


#include <windows.h>

HANDLE handle = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

void TextColour(int forg, int backg)
{
if (forg < 0 || forg > 15 || backg < 0 || backg > 15)
SetConsoleTextAttribute(handle, 7);
else
SetConsoleTextAttribute(handle, backg * 16 + forg);
}


Here are the codes for the colours:

0: Black
1: Blue
2: Green
3: Cyan
4: Red
5: Magenta
6: Brown
7: White
8: Gray
9: Light Blue
10: Light Green
11: Light Cyan
12: Light Red
13: Light Magenta
14: Yellow
15: High Intensity White

So, for example, one way to call it would be:


TextColour(10,0);


I usually set mine up so that I have default values, generally 0 for backg so you can call with just forground, as you normally want to keep the console background black. I also usually set up forg to have a default value of 7 (the normal console colour) so you can call the function like: TextColour(); to return to the original console colours.

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[edited by - Lektrix on January 15, 2003 3:15:20 PM]