i'm working on a project and i really want to know if c++ provides to print out colored text or not.
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Jump to Postmmhmmm, those are all nice and good until you use vc6++ where you can only create console applications.
here are some api calls you can use instead.
hwnd_type { STD_INPUT_HANDLE, STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, STD_ERROR_HANDLE}
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