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colors in C++;

Started by flip5577 Oct 22, 2001 at 7:38 PM 3 replies 350+ views

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Oct 22, 2001 at 7:38 PM

I want to make a lil game in C++; basically a rocket races against another rocket and you have to piolot one of them, the thing is, i want to make it in color and text. for example (how do i cout text in different colors?) Larry Charles CEO Centra Entertainment Studios

Null and Void

Oct 22, 2001 at 7:53 PM

There''s not a standard way to do that in C/C++. Try using the Win32 Console API (see the MSDN).

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BakaShinji

Oct 22, 2001 at 10:48 PM

For DOS you can use conio.h
SetTextColor(GREEN) I think it was will change the color to green...
SetBGColor() I think changes the back color
Be sure to use cprintf() instead of cout though
Sorry if any info''s wrong, I haven''t used conio.h in a while

Null and Void

Oct 22, 2001 at 10:50 PM

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Original post by BakaShinji

For DOS you can use conio.h

Not nescessarily. For older Borland compilers you can use conio.h. There are many DOS compilers without conio.h.

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BakaShinji

Oct 22, 2001 at 11:13 PM

Oh ya that''s right I forgot. Sorry.
Borland and I *think* DJGPP have support for SetTextColor. VC++ has a limited version of conio.h

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