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Changing text color in console applications with C++
December 01, 1999 03:45 PM
Can anyone tell me how to change the text color in an MS-DOS type console window? I am running it under windows 98. I am using metrowerks codewarrior, which does not seem to like conio.h (causes a link error). At first I tried to use conio.h, but as I said just a second ago, it caused a link error. Then I tried to use the system() function to use the ANSI escape color codes from the MS-DOS prompt, only to find out that the Metrowerks Standard Library files have a system() function that doesn't do anything, and always returns 0! Please help!
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You are unique. Just like everybody else.
"Mechanical engineers design weapons; civil engineers design targets."
"Sensitivity is adjustable, so you can set it to detect elephants and other small creatures." -- Product Description for a vibration sensor
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December 01, 1999 03:45 PM
You can use
textcolor(x)
Where x is a number 0 - 15, and if you add 128 to x you can make it blink.
textcolor() is defined in the conio.h file, and you also have to make sure you use a writing function that supports the textcolor feature. cprintf() is one of them, which is basically the same thing as printf.
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