Thread: Problems with SetTextColor()

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    Problems with SetTextColor()

    I'm haveing a bit of an issue with the function SetTextColor()..and i'm pretty much lost. I'm getting the errors of "invalid conversion from", and "too few arguments to function `COLORREF".

    Heres my code:
    Code:
    /*Headers for this file*/
    #include <windows.h>
    #include <conio.h>
    
    /*Namespaces*/
    using namespace std;
    
    /*Globals*/
    HANDLE m_Screen = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    HANDLE m_Keyboard = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
    WORD m_TextColor;
    WORD m_BackgroundColor;
    
    /*Console Colors*/
    enum ConColor
    {
      ConRed = 1, ConGreen = 2, ConBlue = 4
    };
    
    int main()
    {
      char *title = "WinCon exp.";
        SetConsoleTitle(title);
      
      SetTextColor(ConRed | ConGreen | ConBlue);
      DWORD Written;
      char *write = "Hello World!";
      WriteConsole(m_Screen, write, strlen(write), &Written, NULL);
      getch();
    
    return 0;
    }
    Anyone have a clue what i'm doing wrong?
    *scratches head*..I'm kind of new to all of this stuff, just so you guys know.. starting out on windows.h stuff today.
    OS: Windows XP Pro CE
    IDE: VS .NET 2002
    Preferred Language: C++.

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    Read this tutorial.

    gg

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    Thank you codeplug, that helps alot.
    OS: Windows XP Pro CE
    IDE: VS .NET 2002
    Preferred Language: C++.

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