Display Mode Determines _setbkcolor() Parameters to Use

Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
Article ID: Q65552

6.00 6.00a 6.00ax 7.00 | 1.00 1.50

MS-DOS                 | WINDOWS

kbprg

The information in this article applies to:

The C Run-time (CRT), included with:

    - Microsoft C for MS-DOS, versions 6.0, 6.0a, and 6.0ax
    - Microsoft C/C++ for MS-DOS, version 7.0
    - Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, versions 1.0 and 1.5

SUMMARY

When using _setbkcolor() in a graphics mode, you should use the predefined color constants found in graph.h. Examples of these constants are _BLUE, _GREEN, _RED, etc. When using _setbkcolor() in a text mode, you should use values from 0L to 15L. These two systems of specifying colors are not interchangeable. For example, if you use _setbkcolor(_BLUE) under a text mode, you will not get a blue background.

REFERENCES

For more information, refer to the descriptions of _setbkcolor() and _settextcolor() in the run-time library reference or the online help.

Additional reference words: kbinf 1.00 1.50 6.00 6.00a 6.00ax 7.00
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: CRTIss GraphicsIss
Keywords : kb16bitonly

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Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
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