Thread: problem about textcolor, please help!!

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    Unhappy problem about textcolor, please help!!

    Hi, I am new to changing colors, however i believe there must be some mistake about something I cannot find, this is the program that "Help" shows in order to learn to use the functions, however when i try to run it three mistakes are marked, Compiling NONAME00.CPP:

    Error NONAME00.CPP 13: Call to undefined function 'cprintf' in function main()

    Error NONAME00.CPP 15: Call to undefined function 'textcolor' in function main()

    Error NONAME00.CPP 16: Call to undefined function 'textbackground' in function main()

    please, if someone can help me it could be great, becas¿use i am really tired of trying, this is the code :

    Code:
    /* textbackground and textcolor example */
    
    #include <conio.h>
    
    int main(void)
    {
    	int i, j;
    
    	clrscr();
    	for (i=0; i<9; i++)
    	{
    		 for (j=0; j<80; j++)
    			 cprintf("C");
    		 cprintf("\r\n");
    		 textcolor(i+1);
    		 textbackground(i);
    	}
    
    	return 0;
    }

    please help!!

    I dont know if there's something wrong about the compiler or what.

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    1) You're compiling as C++ (.cpp).
    2) Your compiler either doesn't have those functions it's complaining about (since they're non-standard functions), or you're not #include-ing the right header. Try reading your compiler's docs / manuals.


    Quzah.
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    in the help part it sais conio.h is the header that has the functions, however it is still not accepting them, is there any other library i can usa, or maybe can i download a new compiler without having to download the full program (I use borland)

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    this compiles in borland but not gcc
    what compiler are you using?

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    Borland,
    Actually i use borland turbo c++, 4.5

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    Quote Originally Posted by sand_man
    this compiles in borland but not gcc
    what compiler are you using?
    gcc has no idea of what conio.h is. If you read the OP's last post, you will see he stated that he is using Borland's compiler, which makes me wonder why in the heck is that thing still around and in use?

    At the OP,

    Get a new compiler!

    !!!

    gcc is a good one, not sure of what is available for windows with it, other than what I have used personally, ie., the one that comes with Cygwin.

    here:

    http://www.cprogramming.com/compilers.html
    Last edited by kermit; 10-18-2004 at 06:30 PM.

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    the problem is that I need to add color to a menu i am creating, but somehow, i believe the compiler i have is wrong or it has bugs (very strange, because version 3.0 runs well)

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    turbo c++ is OLD
    get a NEW compiler
    http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

    if you do want to use conio.h header then use
    http://apurvaslair.50g.com/cpp/compilers/borland.html

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