console_window_colors_v1.c

/*

    console_window_colors_v1.c

 code of each color

Name         | Value
             |
Black        |   0
Blue         |   1
Green        |   2
Cyan         |   3
Red          |   4
Magenta      |   5
Brown        |   6
Light Gray   |   7
Dark Gray    |   8
Light Blue   |   9
Light Green  |   10
Light Cyan   |   11
Light Red    |   12
Light Magenta|   13
Yellow       |   14
White        |   15


    You can find all my C programs at Dragan Milicev's pastebin:

    https://pastebin.com/u/dmilicev

*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>

void ClearConsoleToColors(int ForgC, int BackC)
{
     WORD wColor = ((BackC & 0x0F) << 4) + (ForgC & 0x0F);
     ///Get the handle to the current output buffer...
     HANDLE hStdOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
     ///This is used to reset the carat/cursor to the top left.
     COORD coord = {0, 0};
     ///A return value... indicating how many chars were written
     ///   not used but we need to capture this since it will be
     ///   written anyway (passing NULL causes an access violation).
     DWORD count;
     ///This is a structure containing all of the console info
     /// it is used here to find the size of the console.
     CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
     ///Here we will set the current color
     SetConsoleTextAttribute(hStdOut, wColor);
     if(GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hStdOut, &csbi))
     {
          ///This fills the buffer with a given character (in this case 32=space).
          FillConsoleOutputCharacter(hStdOut, (TCHAR) 32, csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y, coord, &count);
          FillConsoleOutputAttribute(hStdOut, csbi.wAttributes, csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y, coord, &count );
          ///This will set our cursor position for the next print statement.
          SetConsoleCursorPosition(hStdOut, coord);
     }
     return;
} //ClearConsoleToColors()

void SetColorAndBackground(int ForgC, int BackC)
{
     WORD wColor = ((BackC & 0x0F) << 4) + (ForgC & 0x0F);;
     SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), wColor);
     return;
} //SetColorAndBackground()


int main(void)
{
    int fColor, bColor;
    char str[100];

    //ClearConsoleToColors(15,15);

    for( bColor=0; bColor<=15; bColor++)
        for( fColor=0; fColor<=15; fColor++)
        {
            SetColorAndBackground(fColor,bColor);
            printf("\n This is a test. (f,b) = (%2d,%2d) ", fColor, bColor);
            //sprintf(str, "\n This is a test. (f,b) = (%2d,%2d) ", fColor, bColor);
            //fputs(str, stdout);       // print string str without '\n'
        }

    SetColorAndBackground(7,0);
    return 0;

} // main()