Thread: where does the colour code come from?

this something my partner hav work on...pls take a look at this..
conio.h is for TUI..and windows.h for API right?
but,there's smthng that i cant understand...where does the colour code come from??
there he define black colour as 0 and green as 2...where did he get 0 for black and 2 for green??
what about other colour??it there any table that contains all the colour code??can u help me in this??

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<math.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<windows.h>
#define BLACK  0
#define GREEN  2    //define colour code

void choose1(void);
void choose2(void);
void choose3(void);
void pricecalc(void);
void pricecalc1(void);
void seat(void);
void clrscr(void);
void fullScreen(void);
void Color(int BackgroundColor,int TextColor);
void pas(void);
void main()
{

    int option;
	fullScreen();
    Color(BLACK,GREEN);

            printf("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");
            printf("   ##       ##   ######  ##      #####  #####  ##   ##   #   #####    ##  ## \n");
            printf("  ##         ## ##    ## ##     ### ## ##   ## ###     ###  ##    ##   ##  ## \n");
            printf("  ##   ##    # # ##    ## ##     ##   # ##   ## ## ## ## ## ###    ##   ##  ## \n");
            printf("  ##  ####   ## ######## ##     ##     ##   ## ##  ##   ## #########   ##  ## \n");
            printf("  ### ## ## ### ###      ##     ##     ##   ## ##       ## ##          ##  ## \n");
            printf("  #####  #####  ###      ##     ##   # ##   ## ##       ## ##          ##  ##  \n"); 
            printf("   ####  ####   ###    # ##     ### ## ##   ## ##       ## ##     #          \n"); 
            printf("    ##    ##     ######  ######  ####   #####  ##       ##  ######     ##  ## \n");
            printf("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t");

	printf("\t\twelcome to MS PEARL AIRLINES...\n");
	system("pause");
	system("cls");
    printf("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");
    printf("Enter your option..?\n1=first class\n2=economy
 class\n3=Interactive menu\n\nOption= ");

	scanf("&#37;d",&option);
    if(option==1)
	{
		printf("welcome to the first class seat\n");
	    choose1();
	
	}
	else if(option==2)
	{
	       printf("welcome to the economy class\n");
		   choose2();
	}
	else if(option>=3)
	{
		   printf("wrong option sir\n");
		   choose3();
	}


}
void choose1(void)
{
	
	int age;
	char cus[25];
	char fname[25];
	char lname[25];
	char gend[7];
	char mail[50];
	printf("please enter your name sir=");
	scanf("%s",&cus);

	clrscr();

	printf("\n\n\n\t\tonline ticket booking to mr/miss %s
	\n\t___________________________________________________\n",cus);

	printf("please enter your particular details\n");
	
	printf("FIRST NAME      : ");
    scanf("%s",&fname);
	printf("LAST NAME       : ");
	scanf("%s",&lname);
	printf("AGE             : ");
	scanf("%d",&age);
	printf("GENDER          : ");
	scanf("%s",&gend);
	printf("mailing address : ");
	scanf("%s",&mail);

    clrscr();
	pas();
    
	clrscr();
		

	printf("Please choose your seat\n");
	printf(" _______________________________\n");

	printf("|\t\t\t\t\|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|________________________________\n\n\n");

	seat();

	clrscr();

	printf("\t\t\t     Booking Form
 Confirmation\n\t\t\t*********************************\n\n\n");
	

	
	printf("Name            = %s\n",strcat(fname, lname));
	printf("Mailing Addreses= %s\n\n ",mail);
	
	
}
void choose2 (void)
{
	int age3;
	char cus3[25];
	char fname3[25];
	char lname3[25];
	char gend3[7];
	char mail3[50];
	printf("please enter your name sir=");
	scanf("%s",&cus3);

	clrscr();

	printf("\n\n\n\t\tonline ticket booking to mr/miss %s
	\n\t___________________________________________________\n",cus3);

	printf("please enter your particular details\n");
	
	printf("FIRST NAME      : ");
    scanf("%s",&fname3);
	printf("LAST NAME       : ");
	scanf("%s",&lname3);
	printf("AGE             : ");
	scanf("%d",&age3);
	printf("GENDER          : ");
	scanf("%s",&gend3);
	printf("mailing address : ");
	scanf("%s",&mail3);

    clrscr();
	pas();
	clrscr();

printf("Please choose your seat\n");
	printf(" _______________________________\n");

	printf("|\t\t\t\t\|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|\t\t\t\t|\n|________________________________\n\n\n");



}
void choose3 (void)
{
	printf("jhsda\n");
}
void seat(void)
{
	char seat[4];
	printf("please choose you seat= ");
	scanf("%s",seat);
	return seat;
}
void clrscr(void)
{

  HANDLE hStdOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
  COORD coord = {0, 0};
  DWORD count;

  CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
  GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hStdOut, &csbi);

  FillConsoleOutputCharacter(hStdOut, ' ', csbi.dwSize.X *
 csbi.dwSize.Y, coord, &count);

  SetConsoleCursorPosition(hStdOut, coord);
}
void fullScreen( void )
{
	keybd_event( VK_MENU , 0x38 , 0 , 0 );
	keybd_event( VK_RETURN , 0x1c , 0 , 0 );
	keybd_event( VK_RETURN , 0x1c , KEYEVENTF_KEYUP , 0 );
	keybd_event( VK_MENU , 0x38 , KEYEVENTF_KEYUP , 0 );
}
void Color(int BackgroundColor,int TextColor)
{
	int SeclectedColor=(7*BackgroundColor)+(TextColor);
	HANDLE hConsole;
	hConsole=GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
	SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole,SeclectedColor);
}
void pas(void)
{

    int ages;
	char fname1[25],lname1[25];

    printf("\n\n\n\n\n");
	printf("Please enter your particular passenger order\n");

    printf("FIRST NAME      : ");
    scanf("%s",&fname1);
	printf("\nLAST NAME     : ");
	scanf("%s",&lname1);
	printf("\nAGE           : ");
	scanf("%d",&ages);

    if(ages<=7)
	{
		pricecalc();
	}
	else if(ages>=8)
	{
		printf("\nFor an adult the price is RM120\n"); 
	}
	else if(ages>=56)
	{
		printf("For gold citizen the price is RM90\n");
	}
}
void pricecalc(void)
{
	int price;
	price=120/2;
	printf("\nFor the children the price is =RM%d due to 50 percent
 discounts\n",price);
	return price;
}

Don't use void main, use int main. Don't use conio.h, it's not standard.
system("pause") should be changed to getchar(). system("cls") should be removed completely, if can be.
Ifs after first scanf in menu can be changed to a switch.
Reading strings with scanf is tricky, so read my signature about it or use fgets.

scanf("%s",&cus);

Do not use & on arrays. You'll get char**, which means undefined behavior.
...And this has nothing to do with this thread, anyway.

Moved to a new thread.

I'm pretty sure Color() is a non-standard function - if nothing else, there aren't many standard functions that start with a capital.

--
Mats

Those colors coincide with DOS colors, for VGA, from years back. Still used today, by the way.

If you want to see the full list, in Windows, open a console windows:

Start >> Run >> cmd.exe,

and at the prompt type: color /?

All the colors and their number values, are listed there.

Code:

#include <conio.h>

int main(void)
{
   int i;

   for (i=0; i<15; i++)
   {
       textcolor(i);
       cprintf("Foreground Color\r\n");
   }

   return 0;
}

Note: This is for conio.h - printf won't show the colors, but cprintf, will.

Others have said it before, and I'll say it again: conio.h is out of date. It was part of Borland, and Dev-C++ has a partial implementation of it -- but it's really old, and should be avoided if possible.

A more modern alternative: http://adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/Consoles/Consoles4.html

cool site dwk

It's adrianxw's, not mine -- but I have to agree.

I don't know if anyone noticed or not, but the OP is basically using that type of code already:

Code:

void clrscr(void)
{

  HANDLE hStdOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
  COORD coord = {0, 0};
  DWORD count;

  CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
  GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hStdOut, &csbi);

  FillConsoleOutputCharacter(hStdOut, ' ', csbi.dwSize.X *
 csbi.dwSize.Y, coord, &count);

  SetConsoleCursorPosition(hStdOut, coord);
}
void fullScreen( void )
{
	keybd_event( VK_MENU , 0x38 , 0 , 0 );
	keybd_event( VK_RETURN , 0x1c , 0 , 0 );
	keybd_event( VK_RETURN , 0x1c , KEYEVENTF_KEYUP , 0 );
	keybd_event( VK_MENU , 0x38 , KEYEVENTF_KEYUP , 0 );
}
void Color(int BackgroundColor,int TextColor)
{
	int SeclectedColor=(7*BackgroundColor)+(TextColor);
	HANDLE hConsole;
	hConsole=GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
	SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole,SeclectedColor);
}

BTW, with this, printf() and cout should be coloured. No need for cprintf().

Originally Posted by virtual_el

thnx alot guys...
there one thing i want to know...
does not need to use conio??than,what should i replace it with???

It depends on your compiler. For gcc, mingw32 and probably a few others the ncurses library is great.

one more thing...
i wish i can make the "WELCOME" become 3D...
how can i do it???

help me plz....

You can try this. Move the welcome printing statements to a function, but they must be converted so that the cursor position where they start to print 'WELCOME' depends on relative cursor position (x,y as arguments). Then call the function to print it on say:
(x=5,y=5) with a dark gray foreground color and then on (x=4,y=4) with a light green foreground color, et voila! Pseudo 3d look with shade.

Originally Posted by virtual_el

thnx alot guys...
there one thing i want to know...
does not need to use conio??than,what should i replace it with???

If you're feeling very adventurous, try ncurses. Otherwise, and if you're using a Windows compiler, read adrianxw's site. That's the one I linked to. Here it is again. http://adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/index.html

See, conio.h is non-standard. On most modern implementations of this (like Dev-C++'s), clrscr() etc are just implemented with Windows functions, like you have. (HANDLE this, COORD that, and so on.) If you're implementing clrscr() etc by yourself, then you don't want to include conio.h. You still need windows.h, but not conio.h.