From:	"Beat Studer" <beat_studer AT bluewin DOT ch>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: dos color ?
Date:	Thu, 15 Jun 2000 00:31:06 +0200
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Hi !

When I was into colored consoles I used some replacements for the 'cls' -
command (e.g. 'clb' for white on blue, that is clb.com, a tiny com-file
assembled with nasm), here's the code :
(works on the normal 25/80 - screen, also with WIN9x)

;NASM-IDE ASM Assistant Assembler Project File
[BITS 16]        ;Set code generation to 16 bit mode
[ORG 0x0100]  ;Set code start address to 0100h

[SEGMENT .text]
mov ax, 0600h       ;AH=06: function to scroll up, AL=0: blank window
mov cx, 0               ;upper left corner (0,0)
mov dx, 184Fh       ;lower right corner (24,79)
mov bh, 17h           ;text-attribute (color)
int 10h
mov ah, 02h           ;function to set cursor
mov bh, 0               ;video page
mov dx, 0               ;DH=row, DL=column
int 10h
ret

you may try and change it to your needs, if you like.
(BTW it's not a bad idea to get the textattributes when your progs start and
to restore the colors on exit).

"smile773" <smile773 AT bigfoot DOT com> wrote in message
news:kra15.6974$iy DOT 531598 AT bgtnsc06-news DOT ops DOT worldnet DOT att DOT net...
| Could one of you nice persons please share some code
| so that I can change the dos console to blue with white
| letters ?

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