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Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 13:14:58 -0800
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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Subject: Re: I cant get textattr to work
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jackstinchcombe AT my-dejanews DOT com wrote:
> 
> I cant get textattr, textcolor or textbackground to work, the colour
> combination on the screen stays the same. The following code just puts "this
> is a test" on the screen in the normal white-on-black, rather than the
> red-on-white i expected.
> 
> Any ideas what im doing wrong?
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <conio.h>
> void main(void) {
> textcolor (12);
> textbackground (15);
> printf("\nthis is a test\n");
> }

See FAQ section 9.4.  Basically, use `cprintf'.
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com