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Lack of ideas for school project

Hey, i'm in the final stage of a course who has c++ programming to learn, i gotta do an empty project on win32 console application(it doesn't necessarily need to be that i think,i'm just mentioning cause it's what i'm used to work on,and btw the only thing we have here to work on is microsoft visual c++ 6.0 if that helps on anything at all) with everything we learned(i mean code based,not literally as everything as every single project we did),i have some knowledge on #include<stdio.h>, #include<conio.h>, #include<stdlib.h>, #include<string.h>(to be more specific,printf,scanf,if/else,switch,getch,while,do while,size of,etc(the basics of c++)).
As i typed on the title,i'm outta original ideas on what to do on the project and i'll be grateful to hear any kind of suggestion.

P.S.: I'm a newb as probably anyone well aknowledged on the subject can see by the way i typed this and hoping you don't give a to much complex suggestion if possible even though i'll still be willing to hear cause it might help me snap to a good idea.

P.S.S.: 1 question,how do i change background/text color,i did my research on some commands and don't seem to work or i'm doing it wrong,i think it's simply they don't work on this version of visual c++ but just wondering the code if you can help.

Thank you for reading at the very least.

Re: Lack of ideas for school project

for ideas check this one

http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/sour...e.asp?LangId=1

for text color one way is this

Code:

#include <windows.h>

#include <iostream.h>

 

int main(){

SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), 5); //color=5

cout << "Your text here" << endl;

getchar();

return 0;

}

Re: Lack of ideas for school project

Thanks for the help dude i think the link is gonna help by what i could see from it,didn't use the code you gave me yet but i bet it'll work but i was just wondering if you knew another way to change the background/text color without the use of iostream. btw i suppose the background is SetConsoleBackgroundAttribute? I'm a complete newbie just saying out loud,anyways a thanks. -clicks thanks box-

Thank you for your time and caring

Re: Lack of ideas for school project

Code:

#include <windows.h>

#include <stdio.h>



#define BLACK 0

#define BLUE 1

#define GREEN 2

#define CYAN 3

#define RED 4

#define MAGENTA 5

#define BROWN 6

#define LIGHTGREY 7

#define DARKGREY 8

#define LIGHTBLUE 9

#define LIGHTGREEN 10

#define LIGHTCYAN 11

#define LIGHTRED 12

#define LIGHTMAGENTA 13

#define YELLOW 14

#define WHITE 15

#define BLINK 128 



int main(){

SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), _rotl(RED,4) | GREEN);

printf("Your text here");

getchar();

return 0;

}

without iostream,for background and foreground color

Re: Lack of ideas for school project

Quote:

Originally Posted by virxen (Post 67372)

Code:

#include <windows.h>

#include <stdio.h>

 

#define BLACK 0

#define BLUE 1

#define GREEN 2

#define CYAN 3

#define RED 4

#define MAGENTA 5

#define BROWN 6

#define LIGHTGREY 7

#define DARKGREY 8

#define LIGHTBLUE 9

#define LIGHTGREEN 10

#define LIGHTCYAN 11

#define LIGHTRED 12

#define LIGHTMAGENTA 13

#define YELLOW 14

#define WHITE 15

#define BLINK 128 

 

int main(){

SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), _rotl(RED,4) | GREEN);

printf("Your text here");

getchar();

return 0;

}

without iostream,for background and foreground color

Thank you very much virxen,that helped a whole bunch.

Re: Lack of ideas for school project

Hey friend,
You have choosen a good topic and nicely explained it. Good job.. Keep it up!

Re: Lack of ideas for school project

Quote:

Originally Posted by gethighprlinks (Post 67393)

Hey friend,
You have choosen a good topic and nicely explained it. Good job.. Keep it up!

Thanks friend.