text color

[ivan]

Hi all,

what is the name of the function to change the text color when programming
in C under msdos?

thanks
ivan

 

[Robert Riebisch]

what is the name of the function to change the text color when programming
in C under msdos?

That's depends on your compiler (RTL).

 

[ivan]

That's depends on your compiler (RTL).

VC++ Express..

 

[Robert Riebisch]

VC++ Express..

You can't do DOS in Visual C++ Express!

You are probably talking about a command line window. That's not DOS!
You are off-topic here.

 

[osmium]

VC++ Express..

Then post your question to a newsgroup that discusses that compiler. Read
the FAQ for this newsgroup.

 

[Herbert Kleebauer]

"Robert Riebisch" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio

VC++ Express..

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...n-us/dllproc/base/setconsoletextattribute.asp

 

[Richard Heathfield]

Robert Riebisch said:

You can't do DOS in Visual C++ Express!

Yes, you can. You can use Visual C++ Express to write a DOS clone, no
problem.

What you can't do is Visual C++ Express in DOS. And Visual C++ Express does
not allow you to target DOS directly. (Obviously, you could use it to write
a *program* that generates a 16-bit executable! But Visual C++ won't do it
itself.)

You are probably talking about a command line window.

Ah, now you have me. Yes, probably he is...

That's not DOS!

....and probably it isn't. (It might be - he could be running a DOS
emulator...)

You are off-topic here.

....and here!

 

[Mark McIntyre]

Hi all,

what is the name of the function to change the text color when programming
in C under msdos?

This is a FAQ.

--
Mark McIntyre

"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
--Brian Kernighan

 

[kondal]

Hi all,

what is the name of the function to change the text color when programming
in C under msdos?

thanks
ivan

You can use ANSI escape sequence codes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code

-kondal

 

[Keith Thompson]

You can use ANSI escape sequence codes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code

Only if you're using an ANSI-compatible terminal or emulator.

 

[ivan]

ok thanks everyone...

Only if you're using an ANSI-compatible terminal or emulator.

 

[mcalhoun]

what is the name of the function to change the text color when programming

You can use ANSI escape sequence codes

That's the way I do it, and it's programming-language independent.
If the "escape" characters make it -- the FIRST line should be
^[ (as one character) followed by [2J and so on -- you can TYPE
the following stuff (between the "cut here" lines) to see what
ANSI can do for you. (And if the escape characters do NOT make
it, let me know and I'll substitute some character that WILL
make it through and you can re-substitute back to the escapes.)

---------- cut here ---------- cut here ---------- cut here ----------

Normal Red on black Normal Green on black
High Red on black High Green on black
 Grey on black Normal Blue on black is not very readable
 White on black High Blue on black
 Orange on black Normal Magenta on black
 Yellow on black High Magenta on black
Normal Cyan on black High Cyan on black High Cyan on grey

+-0 = White on black ("Normal") [same as Low]
| 1 = High-intensity text
ESC[xm Screen INTENSITY: x=+ 2 = Low -intensity text [same as "Normal"
+-0 = Black | 5 = Blink or high-intensity background [bright!]
| 1 = Red | 7 = Inverse (black on white) [nope]
| 2 = Green +-8 = Invisible text (fore- & back-ground same)
ESC[3x;4ym COLOR:+ 3 = Orange [nope]
| 4 = Blue These can be combined:
x=foreground | 5 = Magenta ESC[1;5m = hi-intensity blinking foreground
y=background | 6 = Cyan ESC[1;2;31;42m etc.
+-7 = White
---------- cut here ---------- cut here ---------- cut here ----------

--Myron.

 

[kondal]

You can use ANSI escape sequence codes

That's the way I do it, and it's programming-language independent.
If the "escape" characters make it -- the FIRST line should be
^[ (as one character) followed by [2J and so on -- you can TYPE
the following stuff (between the "cut here" lines) to see what
ANSI can do for you. (And if the escape characters do NOT make
it, let me know and I'll substitute some character that WILL
make it through and you can re-substitute back to the escapes.)

---------- cut here ---------- cut here ---------- cut here ----------

Normal Red on black Normal Green on black
High Red on black High Green on black
 Grey on black Normal Blue on black is not very readable
 White on black High Blue on black
 Orange on black Normal Magenta on black
 Yellow on black High Magenta on black
Normal Cyan on black High Cyan on black High Cyan on grey

+-0 = White on black ("Normal") [same as Low]
| 1 = High-intensity text
ESC[xm Screen INTENSITY: x=+ 2 = Low -intensity text [same as "Normal"
+-0 = Black | 5 = Blink or high-intensity background [bright!]
| 1 = Red | 7 = Inverse (black on white) [nope]
| 2 = Green +-8 = Invisible text (fore- & back-ground same)
ESC[3x;4ym COLOR:+ 3 = Orange [nope]
| 4 = Blue These can be combined:
x=foreground | 5 = Magenta ESC[1;5m = hi-intensity blinking foreground
y=background | 6 = Cyan ESC[1;2;31;42m etc.
+-7 = White
---------- cut here ---------- cut here ---------- cut here ----------

--Myron.
--
--Myron A. Calhoun.
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Please don't snip attribution lines. I learnt the meaning/reason from
Keith Thompson once.

-kondal