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Aug 27th, 2004

Change text color using visual c++

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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"))?

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Aug 27th, 2004

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

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Aug 29th, 2004

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++?

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Re: Change text color using visual c++

Quote originally posted by hail2dthief ...

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"))?

C++ Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
#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);
#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++

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Sep 26th, 2007

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:

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#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;
}
 
#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;
}

Last edited by MagikMan74; Sep 26th, 2007 at 2:10 pm. Reason: edit: forgot the [code][/code]

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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

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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);
}
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

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

Last edited by ShawnCplus; Sep 26th, 2007 at 5:48 pm.

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Re: Change background color using visual c++

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

Click to Expand / Collapse Quote originally posted by MagikMan74 ...

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:
C++ Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
 
#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;
}
#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; }

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Re: Change text color using visual c++

Try this.

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SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), BACKGROUND_RED BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);
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 |

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Re: Change background color using visual c++

Click to Expand / Collapse Quote originally posted by |\|asrin ...

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

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

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Jan 23rd, 2009

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

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