From: "Robert B. Clark" <epynex AT 3pynexf DOT pbz>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Blinking characters
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On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:53:45 +0000 (UTC), wajnberg AT antibes DOT inra DOT fr (Eric
Wajnberg) wrote:

>However, I just can't make the printed text to blink. The help on-line on
>textattr() (in conio.h) is not really explicit..
>
>So my question is: once I have forground and background colors, how can I
>switch to blinking mode, and switching back to steady mode?

Set the high bit of textattr()'s parameter.

For example, to get blinking white on a black background, use

	#include <conio.h>

	textattr(WHITE + (BLACK << 4) + BLINK);

conio.h should have the defines for WHITE (15), BLACK (0) and BLINK (128).

The textattr() parameter is an eight-bit mask with the following structure:

	Bit	0-3:		4-bit foreground color (0-15)
		4-6:		3-bit background color (0-7)
		7:		blink-enable bit (1=blink)

Only the first eight colors (BLACK (0) through LIGHTGRAY (7)) may be used
for background colors.


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