Message-ID: <300083F0.2C0B@linetap.com> From: nebo Organization: neboland MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: NEWBIE text question References: <35a4601e DOT 139962692 AT news> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 25 Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 22:26:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.205.49.230 NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 18:26:38 EDT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Mark Phillips wrote: > > Can someone tell me how to change the foreground & background > color of text for a cout please? It would also be helpful to know how > to get the cursor move to a certain part of the screen, say row 4 > column 8 for example. One last thing, a way to clear the screen would > be nice too. thanks for your time Without a TSR, you can't... use cprintf() instead. change colour with textattr() and use gotoxy() for coordinates. -- Nb nebo AT LTS MajorNet nebo AT linetap DOT com Internet I'll stop drinking when I can't pour, I'll stop standing when I fall over, I'll stop moving when I pass out, I'll stop dreaming when I die.