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Colouring the Console ?

oamsath (16)
Hello.

I've searched for an answer but couldn't find one.
How can I force my program in console to display the folowing in colors of my choice:

1) output text (cout)
2) background

Thanks..
Alan (91)
Well one way to do it is use the
system();
function defined in <stdlib.h>.

It executes a command in the command processor.

To set the color you need to use the 'color' keyword.
The syntax is:

 
 
color <BG_BIT><FG_BIT>


Where BG_BIT is the bit corresponding to the background color, and FG_BIT the text color.

The colors are as follows:

Background:
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/*
0 = Black
1 = Blue
2 = Green
3 = Aqua
4 = Red
5 = Purple
6 = Yellow
7 = White
*/


Foreground:
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/*
8 = Gray
9 = Light Blue
A = Light Green
B = Light Aqua
C = Light Red
D = Light Purple
E = Light Yellow
F = Bright White
*/


So to make a white background with red text use:

system("color 7c");

Note that sometimes the colors arn't exactly as described (in my opinion)
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oamsath (16)
thanks
hunter (37)
I know that this is solved but may I suggest this:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/AddColorConsole.aspx

That is what you use.
Alan (91)
that looks like a cool library
Bazzy (6281)
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