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printf() color in win2k

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zanza

zanza

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does anyone know how to print colored text to the terminal in win2k or some other non-9x windows? i

i tried

printf("\033[1;36m");

and it came out literally žÅNžÅ
 
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Look up "Consoles and Character mode support" on MSDN. There is a completely new set of I/O routines. Just another typical MS thing not to support printf etc.
 
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