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1.1.1.2 ! root        1: Sample:
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        !             3: Demonstration of Setting Console Text Color Attributes
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                      5: Summary:
                      6: 
                      7: The CONSOLEC sample illustrates the use of the
                      8: SetConsoleTextAttribute and GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo
                      9: functions to set the console text color attributes.
                     10: 
                     11: More Information:
                     12: 
                     13: This sample also functions as a console window text color
                     14: setting utility.  The command syntax for the utility is as
                     15: follows:
                     16: 
                     17:      COLOR FOREGROUND [BACKGROUND]
                     18: 
                     19: where FOREGROUND and BACKGROUND are the new text color
                     20: selections for the current console.  If the utility is
1.1.1.2 ! root       21: invoked without any options, the utility's syntax and a
1.1       root       22: table of the possible color choices is displayed.  The
                     23: BACKGROUND selection is optional and thus the FOREGROUND
                     24: text color may be soley changed.
                     25: 
                     26: Possible colors are: BLACK, BLUE, GREEN, CYAN, RED, MAGENTA,
1.1.1.2 ! root       27: YELLOW and WHITE.  Each can be selected as the FOREGROUND
        !            28: or the BACKGROUND color.  Selection of the same color for
        !            29: both the FOREGROUND and the BACKGROUND is not permitted.
        !            30: The color options are not case sensitive and only the first
        !            31: unique characters are necessary to select the color.  For
        !            32: example:
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                     34:      COLOR BLU W
                     35: 
                     36: will select BLUE on WHITE text color attributes.
                     37: 
                     38: The text color attribute changes will only affect new
                     39: console output.  Thus, text in the console buffer before the
                     40: utility is invoked will retain their original color
                     41: attributes.

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