----------------------------------- jonos Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:03 pm changing text colours/background colours in console programs ----------------------------------- im trying to change the text colour in a console program and i think it's something like SetTextColor and SetBkColor or something but im not sure and i don't know what header to include. does anyone know how to do this? ----------------------------------- Paul Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:22 pm ----------------------------------- there ain't many tutorials in the C/C++ section, maybe someone who knows this should make some tutorials, for everyone, if not only for Jonos' sake. On the basic stuff or something :lol: ----------------------------------- Catalyst Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:58 pm ----------------------------------- i beleive that the borland compiler comes with a library and header that does thoes things ----------------------------------- Dan Fri Feb 13, 2004 7:50 pm ----------------------------------- alougth it should be noted that it is unlike that it will work on all platforms.... the stantdered c or c++ complier/install dose not come with a graficks lib or comands like u whont. but there are any that can be dl online. ----------------------------------- wtd Fri Feb 13, 2004 10:37 pm ----------------------------------- A curses interface may or may not get you what you need, but it can't hurt to look at the docs: http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~ppadala/ncdoc/html/ncintro/ ----------------------------------- octopi Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:25 am ----------------------------------- On windows, Nt strain. (maybe 9x) 0 = Black 8 = Gray 1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue 2 = Green A = Light Green 3 = Aqua B = Light Aqua 4 = Red C = Light Red 5 = Purple D = Light Purple 6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow 7 = White F = Bright White color BF Where F is the forground color, and B is the background color color e4 Will set the color to red, and the background to yellow Use a system command to call this. Should work. (same as you would call cls, to clear screen) ----------------------------------- jonos Sat Feb 14, 2004 11:44 pm ----------------------------------- isn't that for changing the screen colors in command prompt edit: i think i get it now, cause system("cls"); clears the screen, system does in the program what dos would do with that command? ----------------------------------- jonos Sat Feb 14, 2004 11:51 pm ----------------------------------- okay, i just did that and it worked, so even though you don't need them to show my unending gratitude for your genius i will award thee with bits. ----------------------------------- octopi Sun Feb 15, 2004 12:29 am ----------------------------------- Thanks for the bits....but I'm refunding them, because my bits automatically get reset to 1000, every so often... Cause I'm a mod. ----------------------------------- jonos Sun Feb 15, 2004 9:17 am ----------------------------------- yeah, thats why i said you didn't really need them, but i couldn't really do anything else, so i gave you bits. does the system("") function only work in windows or can it be used in linux just instead using system("linux command"). also, so does that mean i could do something like system("shutdown -s -c "hehe"")? ----------------------------------- octopi Sun Feb 15, 2004 12:22 pm ----------------------------------- I think you mean single qoutes. system("shutdown -s -c 'hehe'"); and I have no clue what the -s and -c options are for (my version of shutdown doesn't have either.) You need to be root to shutdown the system....So yes, that command would work, it it was run as root.