VC++ 6.0 colored text??

[t420h]

how do yo umake colored text and backround for VC++ 6.0? i have tried things but they dont work... any ideas?

[CornedBee]

I suppose you mean how to choose the colors VC++ chooses for keywords and such.
Tools->Options->Format (on the far right)

[t420h]

no....

actually, what i wanted to know was how to change the color of the output text that the user will see

[CornedBee]

Console or GUI app?

Console: SetConsoleTextAttribute

GUI: SetTextColor, SetBkColor

[t420h]

umm no its in a console application.. thanks if you can help me

[CornedBee]

SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), flags);

flags can be any combination of the following:
FOREGROUND_BLUE, FOREGROUND_GREEN, FOREGROUND_RED, FOREGROUND_INTENSITY, BACKGROUND_BLUE, BACKGROUND_GREEN, BACKGROUND_RED, and BACKGROUND_INTENSITY

I think they are self-explaining.

[t420h]

hmmm, well i kind of see what your saying, but i cant get it to work, are there certain files i need to include or what?

if you want you could show me a sample where this works.

[CornedBee]

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),
		FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY |
		BACKGROUND_BLUE | BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);
	cout << "hello" << endl;;
	return 0;
}

This text will be yellow on blue background.

[t420h]

i tried that, but i get this error....

c:\source\t hall\test progs\colors.cpp(3) : error C2871: 'std' : does not exist or is not a namespace

[t420h]

NEVERMIND, I GOT IT TO WORK, THANKS A LOT