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/* COLTEXT.C: Displays text in color */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <graph.h>
 
char buffer [80];
 
main()
{
   int blink,fgd;
   long bgd;
 
   _clearscreen( _GCLEARSCREEN );
   printf( "Text color attributes:\n" );
 
   for( blink=0; blink<=16; blink+=16 )
   {
      for( bgd=0; bgd<8; bgd++ )
      {
         _setbkcolor( bgd );
         _settextposition( bgd + ((blink / 16) * 9) + 3, 1 );
         _settextcolor( 7 );
         sprintf( buffer, "Bgd: %d Fgd:", bgd );
         _outtext( buffer );
 
         for( fgd=0; fgd<16; fgd++ )
         {
            _settextcolor( fgd+blink );
            sprintf( buffer, " %2d ", fgd+blink );
            _outtext( buffer );
         }
      }
   }
   getch();
   _setvideomode( _DEFAULTMODE );
}