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Started by FadedMaximus October 22, 2006 05:30 PM

1 comment, last by FadedMaximus 17 years, 5 months ago

FadedMaximus

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October 22, 2006 05:30 PM

I want to be able to print text in colours within a console program. I was told to use the conio.h header but am unable to find any documentation on it. If somebody could draft me up an example or explain to me how I can print text in color that would be great.

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raz0r

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October 22, 2006 06:55 PM

In Windows: SetConsoleTextAttribute.

FadedMaximus

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October 22, 2006 08:18 PM

Thanks alot.

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