[SOLVED]Changing the color without system()

[Mythios]

I know how to use SetConsoleTextAttribute() to change the text foreground and background color. But was wondering how I can get the hole background to change its color. For example using system("color 1A"); to change the color but in another way. As I'd prefer not to use system.

Thanks,
Myth.

[hannad]

http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/4417/
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/1640/
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/3662/

Not sure if this is what you are looking for :P

[helios]

I think doing a clear screen right after changing the color should work.

[QWERTYman]

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=windows+changing+console+background+C%2B%2B

Sorry, felt like it.

[Mythios]

Trust me I had googled one to many pages, I'm more than happy to show you my history and dates of the searches if you like?

[Bazzy]

What about Curses?
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO/color.html

[Mythios]

Thanks for that helios - worked a charm. I used a function i made from the msdn a while ago.

void ClearScreen()
{
	COORD coordScreen = {0, 0};
	DWORD cCharsWritten;
	CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
	DWORD dwConSize;

	if(!GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &csbi))
	{
		return;
	}

	dwConSize = csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y;

	if(!FillConsoleOutputCharacter(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), (TCHAR) ' ', dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten))
	{
		return;
	}
	if(!GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &csbi))
	{
		 return;
	}
	if(!FillConsoleOutputAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), csbi.wAttributes, dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten))
	{
		return;
	}
	SetConsoleCursorPosition(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), coordScreen);
}