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Started by Fixxer April 22, 2006 07:50 PM

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Fixxer

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April 22, 2006 07:50 PM

what header is the random function included in? for some reason it isnt working. This is how im using it. SetTextColor(hdc, RGB(rand()%256, rand()%256, rand()%256));

dave

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April 22, 2006 07:53 PM

#include <cstdlib>

Boder

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April 22, 2006 08:01 PM

Usually you want to use srand() with the time as the seed, to make what rand() spits out actually pseudo-random and not deterministic.

Fixxer

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April 22, 2006 08:35 PM

Thanks Dave, got it to work.

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