text_color

#Text.Color

##Syntax Text.Color ( Color : int )

##Description The Text.Color procedure is used to change the currently-active color. This is the color of characters that are to be put on the screen. The alternate spelling is Text.Colour.

##Example This program prints out the message "Bravo" three times, each in a different color.

    View.Set ( "graphics" )
    for i : 1 .. 3
        Text.Color ( i )
        put "Bravo"
    end for

##Example This program prints out a message. The color of each letter is different from the preceding letter. For letter number i the color number is i mod maxcolor + 1. This cycles repeatedly through all the available colors.

    View.Set ( "screen" )
    const message := "Happy New Year!!"
    for i : 1 .. length ( message )
        Text.Color ( i mod maxcolor + 1 )
        put message ( i ) ..
    end for

##Details In "screen" mode on the IBM PC, the color specified can actually range from 0 - 31. The upper 16 colors (16-31) are the same as the lower 16, except that they blink.

See View.Set for the number of colors available in the various "graphics" modes.

The screen should be in a "screen" or "graphics" mode. If the screen mode has not been set, it will automatically be set to "screen" mode. See View.Set for details.

##Status Exported qualified.

This means that you can only call the function by calling Text.Color, not by calling Color.

##See also text_colorback.html, text_whatcolor.html, Text.WhatChar and view_maxcolor.html.