Color Printf?

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Hi, i'm new on this forum.
My simple and only questions is:
Can I crate a color printf (cprintf on turbo C) on dev c++?
tks ^^

[Anonymous]

The MSDN link posted right after the "WriteConsoleOutput" post IS the documentation for WriteConsoleOutput(), so not much searching required!

I beleive that the 'c' in cprintf() stands for "console" not "color". It outputs direct to the console in DOS based systems, whereas printf() may be redirected to any stream io device.

Clifford

[Nobody/Anonymous]

well....maybe my I.E cant open the page, but the MSDN link wont open here(I tested on firefox too)

[Nobody/Anonymous]

The link I posted still works, and the code does as well....I tested it before I told you about it.

;)

Wayne

[Nobody/Anonymous]

that's irony,for quite some time MSDN pages contained extra code so that they would only be properly displayed in IE :-)

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Humm ok guys, I'll read somethings here
by the way, this example http://www.daniweb.com/code/showsnippet.php?codeid=83 , it won't work on Dev C++.
tks ^^

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Actually, as I stated earlier, it does work.

I always compile and run such examples before I post a link to it.

What problem did you run into?

Wayne

[Nobody/Anonymous]

My Basic 3

I am running Dev version 4.9.9.2 on XP Pro, the code (cut and paste job, no alterations) is

// color your text in Windows console mode
// colors are 0=black 1=blue 2=green and so on to 15=white
// colorattribute = foreground + background * 16
// to get red text on yellow use 4 + 1416 = 228
// light red on yellow would be 12 + 1416 = 236
// a Dev-C++ tested console application by vegaseat 07nov2004

include <iostream>

include <windows.h> // WinApi header

using namespace std; // std::cout, std::cin

int main()
{
HANDLE hConsole;
int k;

    hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

    // you can loop k higher to see more color choices
    for(k = 1; k < 255; k++)
    {
            // pick the colorattribute k you want
            SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, k);
            cout << k << " I want to be nice today!" << endl;
    }

    cin.get(); // wait
    return 0;

}

Here is my log:

Compiler: Default compiler
Executing g++.exe...
g++.exe "C:\mycstuff\testit.cpp" -o "C:\mycstuff\testit.exe" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.2\include" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2\backward" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2\mingw32" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include" -L"C:\Dev-Cpp\lib"
Execution terminated
Compilation successful

And it changes foreground and background colors as expected when run.

Note that this is C++ code, if you name it something.c, it will try to compile as C code, and that will not work.

Wayne

[Nobody/Anonymous]

The mayor error is this: "iostream: No such file or directory."
The point is, i have the iostream on the header past, so why won't compile?
PS:My version is 4.9.8

[Nobody/Anonymous]

There was a reason why I posted MY basic 3. ;)

Please post yours - see the thread titled "Please Read Before Posting a Question" if you are unsure what they are.

Wayne

[Nobody/Anonymous]

"WriteConsoleOutput"

[Nobody/Anonymous]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/conchar_9ktw.asp

not devc++ specific, but win32 specific.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

What do you mean whit "WriteConsoleOutput"
give me some examples please ^^
tks

[Wayne Keen]

When someone gives you a keyword, and you don't know what it is, you first stop should be google (or your favorite search engine), not posting back and asking what the term is.

I am not trying to be mean, simply pointing out the power of trying to learn things on your own.

Wayne

[Nobody/Anonymous]

...you don't have to know everything, the only thing everybody should really be able to do is RESEARCH, the internet makes this extremely simple nowadays, so use the tools at your hands to your advantage.

Mike

[Nobody/Anonymous]

This is an example you might find intersting to play with:

http://www.daniweb.com/code/showsnippet.php?codeid=83

(It works for printf too)

Wayne

[Anonymous]

Try this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/console_reference.asp

All you had to do was click up-one-level on the side bar, or even select "WriteConsoleOutput" from the sidebar to get there directly.

The URL appears to be correct, but MSDN seems to be blocking a direct link to it.

Clifford