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paakfaat	4 Aug, 2008 - 08:30 PM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 4 Aug, 2008 Posts: 20	I 'm using DEV-C++ to write my c program. And also I want to change the text color in the program in windows console environment. From my knowledge, I know that we can change 15 colors by using CODE SetConsoleTextAttribute (GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), FOREGROUND_RED); However I need more colors. I heard that curses can do it. But in DEV-C++, there are not <curses.h> header file. And I don't really understand how to use it or if it can help me to use with more colorful text color. Also, I tried to download ncurses 5.6 and curses 1.23. However, I don't know if they are useful or not. And I don't know how to use them. So, please help me to answer the question. And I need a example program which can be compiled in DEV-C++. Also, I'm using windows but not unix or linux. And my knowledge is very limited, please give me more details about it. Thank you.
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no2pencil	4 Aug, 2008 - 08:40 PM Post #2
Wet D.I.C. Joined: 10 May, 2007 Posts: 4,948 Thanked 27 times Dream Kudos: 2325 Expert In: Goofing Off My Contributions	Have you tried using escape characters? I believe these will give you 16 bit color, as well as bold, blinking, & underline effects. cpp #include <stdio.h> #include<iostream.h> #include<conio.h> int main(void) { cout << "regular " << '\033' << '[' << "boldface" << endl; }
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paakfaat	4 Aug, 2008 - 09:05 PM Post #3
New D.I.C Head Joined: 4 Aug, 2008 Posts: 20	But I'm using C language. I don't know how to use C++. Anyway, thanks for you suggestion.
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4 Aug, 2008 - 09:08 PM

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QUOTE(paakfaat @ 5 Aug, 2008 - 12:05 AM)

But I'm using C language.

Oops, my bad. So you replace the cout with printf.

Maybe this will help you out just a bit more :

cpp


#include <stdio.h>

#define RESET           0
#define BRIGHT          1
#define DIM             2
#define UNDERLINE       3
#define BLINK           4
#define REVERSE         7
#define HIDDEN          8

#define BLACK           0
#define RED             1
#define GREEN           2
#define YELLOW          3
#define BLUE            4
#define MAGENTA         5
#define CYAN            6
#define WHITE           7

void textcolor(int attr, int fg, int bg);
int main() {
        textcolor(BRIGHT, RED, BLACK);
        printf("In color\n");
        textcolor(RESET, WHITE, BLACK);
        return 0;
}

void textcolor(int attr, int fg, int bg) {
        char command[13];

        /* Command is the control command to the terminal */
        sprintf(command, "%c[%d;%d;%dm", 0x1B, attr, fg + 30, bg + 40);
        printf("%s", command);
}

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paakfaat	4 Aug, 2008 - 09:19 PM Post #5
New D.I.C Head Joined: 4 Aug, 2008 Posts: 20	Thanks for your reply I tried it in DEV-C++ and compiled it. But the output is [1;31;40mIn color [0;37;40m and something that the keyboard don't have. The color still didn't change at all. So what can I do? This post has been edited by paakfaat: 4 Aug, 2008 - 09:23 PM
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Whizzy	4 Aug, 2008 - 09:28 PM Post #6
D.I.C Lover Joined: 11 Aug, 2007 Posts: 1,299 Thanked 4 times My Contributions	I hate to steer anyone away from DIC, however since your question is compiler specific, have you tried to go to the forums on Bloodshed.com?
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paakfaat	4 Aug, 2008 - 09:38 PM Post #7
New D.I.C Head Joined: 4 Aug, 2008 Posts: 20	Bloodshed.com? I didn't heard it before. Let's go and see. Thank you. But any guideline? Or I will check it out myself. Also what is DIC? I guess it is another C compiler. Where can I download it This post has been edited by paakfaat: 4 Aug, 2008 - 09:49 PM
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gabehabe	5 Aug, 2008 - 02:33 AM Post #8
T3H R0XX0R! Joined: 6 Feb, 2008 Posts: 2,625 Thanked 51 times Dream Kudos: 1550 Expert In: (X)HTML, CSS, Batch Scripting, C, C++ My Contributions	This is DIC! Dream In Code! And Bloodshed are the makers of Dev-C++ you should see "Bloodshed Dev-C++" on the splash screen
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paakfaat	5 Aug, 2008 - 04:39 AM Post #9
New D.I.C Head Joined: 4 Aug, 2008 Posts: 20	Ok. thank you very much. so is the differences between DIC and Dev C++ ? So is DIC also a compiler? Is DIC also a C porgramming language? I would like to know where can I download it. This post has been edited by paakfaat: 5 Aug, 2008 - 05:07 AM
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Hyper_Eye	5 Aug, 2008 - 06:10 AM Post #10
D.I.C Head Joined: 13 Sep, 2007 Posts: 72 Thanked 3 times My Contributions	QUOTE(paakfaat @ 5 Aug, 2008 - 06:39 AM) Ok. thank you very much. so is the differences between DIC and Dev C++ ? So is DIC also a compiler? Is DIC also a C porgramming language? I would like to know where can I download it. DIC is this entire website. It is not a compiler. DIC is Dream In Code which is the website you are posting on here.
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paakfaat	5 Aug, 2008 - 06:40 AM Post #11
New D.I.C Head Joined: 4 Aug, 2008 Posts: 20	ok, thanks. But how can I write the text with more than 15 color. Since Whizzy said that the problem is compiler specific. I asked the probelm in the forums of Bloodshed.com but there are no reply. Therefore, any C compiler can work with more than 15 colors. Or any other method can help me to write text with more than 15 colors? As no2pencil gives a suggestion. What compiler does he use? So that his program can be compiled successfully? This post has been edited by paakfaat: 5 Aug, 2008 - 06:42 AM
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Tom9729	5 Aug, 2008 - 07:28 AM Post #12
Debian guru Joined: 30 Dec, 2007 Posts: 1,404 Thanked 7 times Dream Kudos: 325 My Contributions	Setting the text color is not AFAIK part of Standard C. There are however a few results here. Next time please use Google first.
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