changing font colors in C++

[Chris]

i'm new to C++ and i was trying to figure out how to change the color of the
font when i make my programs.. i'm doing the programming in Visual Studio
and it's just a C++ Source File, not a win32 program or anything.. can anyone
help me out?

thanks
Chris

[ralph]

"Chris" <chaka89@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>i'm new to C++ and i was trying to figure out how to change the color of
the
>font when i make my programs.. i'm doing the programming in Visual Studio
>and it's just a C++ Source File, not a win32 program or anything.. can anyone
>help me out?
>
>thanks
>Chris

I assume you are therefore writing for the console windows.
In that case take a look in the MSDN (disk or website) for
Platform SDK::Base Services::Files and I/O::Consoles and Character-Mode Support

"SetConsoleTextAttribute( hConsole, FOREGROUND_RED | BACKGROUND_GREEN)"

The above will do what you are looking for.