Color text/background in console mode C 1

[Josiefuz]

Hi, I'm taking a C (not C++) class in school and would like to spruce up a program I'm writing. It's a console (DOS) application and uses standard printf to print to the screen.

How do I change the color of the text or background to add some sizzle?

Note: I'm using MiracleC compiler (which is very primitive and doesn't have many includes)

Thanks!

-Fuz

 

[SamBones]

Try something like...
[tt]
printf("\033[33;44m"
[/tt]
This will set the screen to yellow characters on a blue background. These are ASNI escape sequences. They start with an ESCape and a "[", then a code to control something.

See

http://www.delmar.edu/Courses/CIS415L/ANSIsys.htm

for more info.

Hope this helps.

 

[Josiefuz]

Thanks for the reply Sam.

When I run this I get: "" rather than color changes though. Do I have to run ansi.sys to use this?

-Fuz

 

[marsd]

yes for win32.

 

[SamBones]

Yeah, as the page at the URL I gave says...

Before issuing any ANSI escape sequences, you must load the special device driver ANSI.SYS. To do this, create or edit your CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory of the MSDOS Boot drive (C:\) and add the following command to it.

DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS or
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS

When you restart MSDOS, the ANSI.SYS driver extended screen and keyboard control driver will be installed.