Console Window Properties

[Cpudood]

When running a console application how do you adjust the properties,such as text color or window position, of the console window? I have tried right clicking the window and using the properties submenus but nothing happens.

[Nitron]

if win9x i don't know, but NT you can do: color xy where: according to cmd.exe in w2k

Color attributes are specified by TWO hex digits -- the first
corresponds to the background; the second the foreground. Each digit
can be any of the following values:

0 = Black       8 = Gray
1 = Blue        9 = Light Blue
2 = Green       A = Light Green
3 = Aqua        B = Light Aqua
4 = Red         C = Light Red
5 = Purple      D = Light Purple
6 = Yellow      E = Light Yellow
7 = White       F = Bright White

If no argument is given, this command restores the color to what it was
when CMD.EXE started. This value either comes from the current console
window, the /T command line switch or from the DefaultColor registry
value.

The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute
the COLOR command with a foreground and background color that are the
same.

Example: "COLOR fc" produces light red on bright white

To do this from your c++ app, call system("color fc"); For the window size, try mode con:lines=x and mode con:cols=y - Nitron

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