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textcolor() and textbackground() in C

I am having a project using C (the compiler I think I am using is Turbo C++ 3.0). I used some textcolor() and textbackground() functions to color some text. When I run it the first time, the console is in its normal colors—white text on black background.

The colors of the console is in their normal/default state when I run it the first time.

However, when I run the code for the second time and so on, the background color becomes blue.

When I run the code for the second time and so on, the background color becomes blue.

I used the following code for the above program (the only formatted text using cprintf() were the text in magenta and blue backgrounds):

...
gotoxy(10, 19);
textcolor(LIGHTCYAN);
textbackground(MAGENTA);
cprintf(" A "); printf(" ");
cprintf(" F "); printf(" ");
cprintf(" G "); printf(" ");
cprintf(" K "); printf(" ");
cprintf(" Z "); printf(" ");
cprintf(" E "); printf(" ");
cprintf(" I "); printf(" ");
...

I suspect this is because of the compiler I am using but I am still not sure. Is there any way to solve this?

Solution

  • After you are done drawing the letters you want to have MAGENTA background you should reset the background color back to BLACK:

    textbackground(BLACK);