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From: thorp@spudge.UUCP (Don Thorp)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: color in text mode
Keywords: color
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Date: 16 Feb 90 14:17:41 GMT
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In article <600@scr1.ocpt.ccur.com> jeffs@scr1.ocpt.ccur.com (Jeff Schnell <schnell>) writes:
>I need to setup color for the whole background in text mode with
>turbo C.  I problem I have is turbo C only sets the color behind a
>character and not the whole background.
>
>Please email if possible
>
>Jeff Schnell
>-- 
>Jeffrey J. Schnell   System Support Eng.      | Concurrent Computer Corp.
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I haven't compiled the following, but try it.

#include <conio.h>

int main(void) {

  textbackground(RED);
  clrscr();
}
  
The above routine will set the entire background to RED.

Don Thorp

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