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  1. 07-14-2011 #1
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    how to change the background color in text mode in C?

    Hi. How to change the background color in text mode in C?

    Things I have tried:

    textbackgroundcolor(BLUE);

    I know how to change color of text. But I don't have a clue about the background.
    Here it is for the text:
    Cprogramming.com FAQ > Color my text

    I also do know how to do it partially, just bellow the text. This is here:
    Win32 Console Applications 4

    I would like to do it everywhere, not just bellow the text.

    Another idea could be the "system("cls")" command, but it always clears it to black color.

    Also, if it is necessary I am using Windows 64 bits, Dev compiler.

    Thank you.
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    Actually, with the console mode that you are using the only way is to print a blank character with the backgroundtextcolor set to the desired color for your "background". Since this is obviously not what you want to do, you are going to need to get into console graphics programming. Start here and then ask questions if you have them.

    You may also want to look at console functions.
    Last edited by AndrewHunter; 07-14-2011 at 02:41 PM.
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    Us old dinosaurs used to use: ANSI escape code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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    Wellllll.... you might try looking up the conio library in your C documentation.

    In it you will find textcolor() and textbackground()... and a whole lot of other helpful things.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CommonTater View Post
    In it you will find textcolor() and textbackground()... and a whole lot of other helpful things.
    That was one nice thing about Borland's Pascal compiler...


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    Quote Originally Posted by quzah View Post
    That was one nice thing about Borland's Pascal compiler...
    Quzah.
    Pelles C supports it too... in both x86 and x64 code.

    And yes I still wish almost every day Borland had not destroyed Pascal with that ultra-splendiferous pile of bloatware crap called Delphi.
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    The Color of a Console window in windows can be changed by using the 'color' command eg-open cmd and type in color 09,you can see the background color has change to black and text color has change to blue.So,refer to Console help to get different color codes.

    You can Implement this in your C program by using the code: 'System("color 09")'.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rainbow9 View Post
    You can Implement this in your C program by using the code: 'System("color 09")'.
    Ok... now why on earth would someone want to use an external command to do a task that is dead easy to implement internally...
    Code:
    textcolor(09);
    The system() function is NOT a mainstay in C because almost everything you want to do is already implemented in C's standard libraries and 3rd party libraries that are easily downloaded.

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    Why in the name of all that's holy would you want to use that piece of crap dinosaur age compiler when there are up to date free and standards compliant 32 and 64 bit compilers you can download right now...

    Pelles C ... no dos box, no stupid blue windows, no messing with 16 bit code... fully windows ready, C-99 standard x86 and x64 compilers, full resource editor suite... and it's free...
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