// Code by: Justin (Code Monkey)
#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>


// This is our function that will change the text color of the text passed in
void g_ColorText(std::string, WORD);

int main() {

    g_ColorText("Hello World", FOREGROUND_BLUE | BACKGROUND_RED | BACKGROUND_GREEN | BACKGROUND_BLUE | BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);

    return 0;
}

// This is our function that will change the text color of the text passed in
void g_ColorText(std::string text_message, WORD text_color) {
    // This is our handle to our output device (monitor)
    // But before we use the output_handle we need to initialize it,
    // so we get the standard handle and set it to the standard output
    // handled device
    HANDLE output_handle = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

    // This is our default color so that after the we change the text
    // we can change it back to the default dos console color
    WORD default_dos_color = FOREGROUND_RED |
                             FOREGROUND_GREEN |
                             FOREGROUND_BLUE |
                             FOREGROUND_INTENSITY;

    // Here we pass in the output_handle and the text_color that we want
    // the text to look like. This function changes the dos text colors.
    // Its like as if yoou went to the DOS properties and change the colors
    // mannualy. But this function lets you set the text attributes for the
    // program so you don't have to tell the player/user of it to change
    // the colors. = ]
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(output_handle, text_color);

    std::cout << text_message << std::endl;

    // Simply sets every thing back to normal
    SetConsoleTextAttribute(output_handle, default_dos_color);
}