From:	"Smith A. Cat" <imbe AT primenet DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: simple question re: conio.h
Date:	17 Jan 1998 11:26:00 -0700
Organization:	Blue Square Laboratories
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Ryan Bright wrote:
> 
> Smith A. Cat wrote:
> > Has anyone got a code fragment that uses conio.h functions to get
> > colored text?? When I try to use them I ALWAYS get the default colors 

> You are probably trying to combine conio.h functions with stdio.h
> functions which really doesn't work.  You should use one or the other.
> In other words, use 'cprintf()', not 'printf()'.  If that's not what
> you're doing, then here's a piece of code I just tested--worked fine.

OOPS!

Thank you both -- I was totally ignorant of the console functions, ie
cprintf.  That was the problem.  
Thank You!
Phil

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