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The command prompt...modified.

The command prompt...modified., I need some quick help changing the appearance of the prompt box....

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FreshBlood	5 Sep, 2008 - 01:52 AM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 4 Sep, 2008 Posts: 11	Okay, I'm doing a text-based RPG kind of thing as my first project. It's quite a jump from IRC (THANK GOD!) scripting, and it's been alot funner to learn. But, there's something I'm absolutely tired of seeing every time I check if my one line worked how I wanted it to..... The DOS box appearance. Now see, I'm not asking to start running graphics and such, I just want to use an image background as a general background. I was searching around for any and all appearance mods topics, and thus far have failed to find any. So, if you know of some that are easy to learn, (self teaching here... gotta keep it simpler for monkey.) can ya kick them my way? Appreciated!
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gabehabe	5 Sep, 2008 - 01:59 AM Post #2
Working Girl. Joined: 6 Feb, 2008 Posts: 5,441 Thanked 94 times Dream Kudos: 2625 Expert In: ruling the world. My Contributions	Try this snippet that I wrote: http://www.dreamincode.net/code/snippet2176.htm Note that it's Windows specific, but when setting colour in the console, it will usually be platform dependent. Hope this helps
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FreshBlood	5 Sep, 2008 - 02:21 AM Post #3
New D.I.C Head Joined: 4 Sep, 2008 Posts: 11	Cool cool, thanks. Will try to make sense of it Quick question though... it's rather "noobish," I know... but I feel as though it needs to be asked. At least on my part. CODE SetColour (5); std::cout << "This text should be colourful!" << std::endl; Does SetColour (#); have to be followed with the rest? I was trying to find a way to integrate the topline in, but kinda stared blankly. I guess what I'm asking is if SetColour (#); sitting right above a cout would change that line of cout, and not need the void and whatnot? Mind you, I've no idea what void is, quite yet. Sorry for being intrusive and, I dunno, Slow I guess. This is my first day actually coding, and I've been immersing myself a little more than my brain's comprehending at the time. And It is late. :PPP
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gabehabe

5 Sep, 2008 - 04:16 AM

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That code could be a little difficult to understand if this is your first day of coding...

But here is an example, I think it's what you're looking for:

cpp

/*
 * The simplest way to have colourful text in the console
 * Author: Danny Battison
 * Contact: gabehabe@hotmail.com
 */

#include <iostream> /* Standard input/output stream */
#include <windows.h> /* Standard Windows API header */

void SetColour (int index) /* Set the colour, just pass the index */
{
    /* Pass the console handle and the index (param) to the Win API function */
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), index);
}

void ResetColour () /* Reset the colour to the default (white) */
{
    /* Pass 7 as the colour for the original white text colour */
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), 7);
}

int main()
{
    std::cout << "This is the original colour for text..." << std::endl;
    SetColour (5);
    std::cout << "This text should be colourful!" << std::endl;
    std::cout << "All text after SetColour(#) is colourful!" << std::endl;
    ResetColour();
    std::cout << "This is back to normal. ";

    std::cin.get(); /* Hold the window open */
    return EXIT_SUCCESS; /* The program was executed successfully */
}