Increase Font Size Or Bold???

**stickman** · 08-27-2004

I want to know HOW to increase the font size or to make the font bold. I've searched this forum and all I read was:

"Yes, you can do it."
"No, it's not possible."

Well if you can do it, then HOW do you do it. That's what most of the threads were asking, but people were saying if it actually could be done or not. I want to know HOW to do it, NOT if it CAN be done or not.

**alphaoide** · 08-27-2004

by font you mean the text output on console window?

**stickman** · 08-27-2004

Yes. I'm sorry if I didn't clearly state that.

**alphaoide** · 08-27-2004

http://www.codeproject.org/cpp/cppfo...#cons_txtcolor

**stickman** · 08-27-2004

Thanks for the info, but when I put in:

Code:

void CMyConsoleClass::SetTextBold()
{
    // hi-white on black 
    SetConsoleTextAttribute ( m_hConsole,
                              FOREGROUND_RED |
                                FOREGROUND_GREEN |
                                FOREGROUND_BLUE |
                                FOREGROUND_INTENSITY );
}

it doesn't set anything bold and returns an error:

syntax error before '::' token

**Thantos** · 08-27-2004

Did you create a CMyConsoleClass class?

**stickman** · 08-27-2004

I'm pretty sure. I want to have certain text bold and other text plain.

**prog-bman** · 08-27-2004

Why not check out good ol adrianxw's site on consoles hes the man

http://www.adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/index.html

**Thantos** · 08-27-2004

So somewhere in your source file you have

Code:

class CMyConsoleClass {
  public:
    void SetTextBold();
  /* other stuff here */
};

If you don't you need to create one.

**alphaoide** · 08-27-2004

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>

int main( void )
{
    HANDLE m_hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    SetConsoleTextAttribute ( m_hConsole,
                              FOREGROUND_RED |
                              FOREGROUND_GREEN |
                              FOREGROUND_BLUE |
                              FOREGROUND_INTENSITY );

    std::cout << "Whassupp\n";

    SetConsoleTextAttribute ( m_hConsole, 
                              BACKGROUND_RED |
                              BACKGROUND_GREEN |
                              BACKGROUND_BLUE );

    std::cout << "I mean, how you doin?\n";

    SetConsoleTextAttribute ( m_hConsole, 
                              FOREGROUND_BLUE |
                              FOREGROUND_INTENSITY|
                              BACKGROUND_GREEN|
                              BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);

    std::cout << "Dude, where's my car? DUDE??\n";

    SetConsoleTextAttribute ( m_hConsole,
                              FOREGROUND_RED |
                              FOREGROUND_GREEN |
                              FOREGROUND_BLUE );

    std::cout << "Credit: google, msdn.microsoft.com\n";

    return 0;
}

**stickman** · 08-27-2004

Thanks for all of your help. I got it working now how I want it to work.

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