Thread: simple question

i want to make a function that whenever you type exit or quit to display in the center of the screen the name of the guy who did it
but with a changed background color and another text color besides the normal black and white dos window

using visual c++ v6 by microsoft

>i want to make a function that whenever you type exit or quit to >display in the center of the screen the name of the guy who did >it

The guy who did it? You mean the guy that typed exit or quit somewhere in some window? Please give some more information.

sorry i will be more specific

lets say i make a program and when the program exits i want my name displayed in the middle of the screen with red colors and the background to be yellow for example

I know I have posted this before but this is a small utility to work with to change the colors and change the location of text and what not. Works well with vc++.

Code:

#ifndef _CONSOLE_LIBRARY_INTERFACE
#define _CONSOLE_LIBRARY_INTERFACE

#include <windows.h>
WORD cl_fc_param = 0;
WORD cl_bc_param = 0;

void text_color(bool red, bool green, bool blue, bool bright)
{
#ifdef _INC_IOSTREAM
	cout.flush();
#endif

	cl_fc_param = 0;
	if ( red ) cl_fc_param |= FOREGROUND_RED;
	if ( green ) cl_fc_param |= FOREGROUND_GREEN;
	if ( blue ) cl_fc_param |= FOREGROUND_BLUE;
	if ( bright ) cl_fc_param |= FOREGROUND_INTENSITY;

	SetConsoleTextAttribute( GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), cl_fc_param|cl_bc_param );
}
void text_background(bool red, bool green, bool blue, bool bright)
{
#ifdef _INC_IOSTREAM
	cout.flush();
#endif

	cl_bc_param = 0;
	if ( red ) cl_bc_param |= BACKGROUND_RED;
	if ( green ) cl_bc_param |= BACKGROUND_GREEN;
	if ( blue ) cl_bc_param |= BACKGROUND_BLUE;
	if ( bright ) cl_bc_param |= BACKGROUND_INTENSITY;

	SetConsoleTextAttribute( GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), cl_fc_param|cl_bc_param );
}
void text_loc(int x, int y)
{
#ifdef _INC_IOSTREAM
	cout.flush();
#endif
	COORD cursor_coordinates;
	cursor_coordinates.X = x;
	cursor_coordinates.Y = y;
	SetConsoleCursorPosition( GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), cursor_coordinates );
}

void console_title(const char* title)
{
	SetConsoleTitle(title);
}

#endif

Anyways, here is a snippet of code that should help you accomplish what you want. What it attempts to do is set up a string that it as long as the buffer screen and print it to the string (there probably is a better way, i never tried system("CLS") with colors active). Then it sets the text location to the center minus an offset for the name length and prints it out.

Code:

    void ShowEndScreen(const char * name)
    {
         const int xmax = 80;
         const int ymax = 25;

         int buff[xmax*ymax];
         memset(buff, 0, xmax*ymax); // string.h

         text_color(0, 1, 0, 0); // red green blue bright
         text_background(0, 1, 0, 0); // same
         text_loc(0, 0);

         cout << buff;


         text_loc( ymax/2, xmax/2 - strlen(name)/2 ); // I think the row is mentioned first, you might want to flip
         text_color(1, 1, 1, 1); // same as above

         cout << name;
    }

i appreciate the help man really
i mean you guys in this forum are amazing


there is one thing i dont understand though
shouldnt text_loc,text_color,text_background be initialized or something??

i mean int text_loc??for example

Genghis:
i tried to use the function that you posted. however, as soon as my console window scrolls down i lose the ability to change the colors to anything else that the first set that i used. if you have any ideas please let me know.