Change text color using visual c++
 

I'm using visual c++ compiler and I want to change the text color in my c++ dos program. What choices do I have if i don't wanna use system function (example: system("color 0a"))?

Re: Change text color using visual c++
 

conio.h

It has a lot funtions for console input/output.Take a look at it.

TextColor(RED);
TextBackground(BLUE);

The color values range from 0-15 with 0 being black and 15 being white

warning,i am not too sure of the funtion names,been a while since i used this, though i used it almost everywhere, man time flies

Re: Change text color using visual c++
 

Thanks, FireNet. But the trick doesn't work for microsoft visual c++ 6.0 compiler, is there any function that i can use to change text color using visual c++?

Re: Change text color using visual c++
 

#define BLACK 0

#define BLUE 1

#define GREEN 2

#define CYAN 3

#define RED 4

#define MAGENTA 5

#define BROWN 6

#define LIGHTGREY 7

#define DARKGREY 8

#define LIGHTBLUE 9

#define LIGHTGREEN 10

#define LIGHTCYAN 11

#define LIGHTRED 12

#define LIGHTMAGENTA 13

#define YELLOW 14

#define WHITE 15

#define BLINK 128

HANDLE  screen;

int textcolor = LIGHTGREEN;

int backgroundcolor = BLACK;

screen = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

void TextColor(int fontcolor,int backgroundcolor,HANDLE screen)

{

   int color_attribute;

   color_attribute = backgroundcolor;

   color_attribute = _rotl(color_attribute,4) | fontcolor;

   SetConsoleTextAttribute(screen,color_attribute);

}

 

TextColor(textcolor,backgroundcolor ,screen); 

FillConsoleOutputAttribute(screen, _rotl(backgroundcolor,4) , 80 * 50,coord , &cWritten);

This works in Microsoft c++

Re: Change text color using visual c++
 

Of course, if you're just wanting to change the color as you're typing it, then the above is a bit much. A simpler way would be to use this:

 

#include <windows.h>

#include <iostream.h>

 

int main()

{

   SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), 0); //replace the 0 with a number for the color you want

 

   cout << "Your text here" << endl;

 

   return 0;

}

Re: Change text color using visual c++
 

I used this one to save me some time
This is not Visual C++ dependant, I use this with DEv-C++ as well, you just need the windows header

enum Colors { blue=1, green, cyan, red, purple, yellow, grey, dgrey, hblue, hgreen, hred, hpurple, hyellow, hwhite };



void coutc(int color, char* output)

{

   HANDLE handle= GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

   SetConsoleTextAttribute( handle, color);

   cout<< output;

   SetConsoleTextAttribute( handle, color);

}

Then to output in color you would just do

coutc(red, "This is in red!");

coutc(purple, "This is purple!");

Re: Change background color using visual c++
 

HELLO
Can sombody tell me how can i chang the color of concol background????

Re: Change text color using visual c++
 

Try this.

SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), BACKGROUND_RED BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);

You can change RED to GREEN or BLUE and BACKGROUND to FOREGROUND.

If you want to mix colors you just separate them with a |

Re: Change background color using visual c++
 

HELLO... can someone tell me how I can get people to quit posting on ancient old threads?

Re: Change text color using visual c++
 

Hi

Thank you for your reply mostermand but that code didnt work in
microsoft vitual c++(I dont know why??). after searching in the net for hours I found a
useful site about win32 consul application, I thought that it would be very useful for beginners .
http://www.adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/index.html

Bye