From:	Vik Heyndrickx <Vik DOT Heyndrickx AT rug DOT ac DOT be>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: printf
Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:08:42 +0200
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Geoff Schoenbaum, MD, PhD wrote:
> Now I'm
> wondering why when I change the text color attribute with
> textcolor(YELLOW), the next printf statement still prints in standard
> off-white.

A hope you didn't anwer this one yourself already :)
textcolor is a conio.h routine. printf is a stdio.h routine. textcolor
alters the way conio.h functions like cprintf write to the screen (the
CONsole). printf on the other hand writes its output to a file which
happens to be stdin (usually "directed" to the screen) and is not
(controllably) affected by color settings.
Solution: either don't use textcolor in combination with printf, or use
cprintf instead.

Hope this helps...

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