Console application- text color changing

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I got this code to change the color of the text in console application
Can you explain how is working(line by line)...

C#

[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
       public static extern bool SetConsoleTextAttribute(IntPtr hConsoleOutput,int wAttributes);
       [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
        public static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(uint nStdHandle);
         uint STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = 0xfffffff5;
           IntPtr hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

          
               SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole,3);

//making different color

Posted 17-Apr-12 5:33am

samu4u

Updated 17-Apr-12 5:34am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Apr-12 11:58am

You certainly did not try hard. It was simple to achieve, importantly -- without P/Invoke...
--SA

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Wonde Tadesse · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-17T06:29:00

Solution 2

No need to call kernel API. Simply set the desired color to Console.ForegroundColor property.

Posted 17-Apr-12 6:29am

Wonde Tadesse

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VJ Reddy 23-Apr-12 19:26pm

Good answer. 5!

Wonde Tadesse 24-Apr-12 19:35pm

Thanks

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-17T05:57:00

Solution 1

First of all, you absolutely don't need to use P/Invoke. It would kill platform compatibility. You can run the multi-colored console code which would run on many different platforms, such as Linux, Max OS X (for example, via Mono) — without recompilation. Usually, you can use 16 colors for both font background and foreground at the same time.

This article explains how. I tried it — it works. Please see:
http://www.dotnetperls.com/console-color[^].

—SA

Posted 17-Apr-12 5:57am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Wonde Tadesse 17-Apr-12 12:30pm

5+

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Apr-12 12:53pm

Thank you, Wonde.
--SA

VJ Reddy 17-Apr-12 12:37pm

Good advice and reference. +5

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Apr-12 12:53pm

Thank you, VJ.
--SA

Shahin Khorshidnia 17-Apr-12 14:27pm

Perfect, as always. (+5)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Apr-12 14:38pm

Thank you, Shahin.
--SA