Change console colors table.

[MrKris1224]

Hi, i want to change colors table in console for my own RGB colors. I modify some functions from @Mat's console UDF.

It's look like this:

 

Global Const $tagCONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFOEX = "ULONG Size; SHORT SizeX; SHORT SizeY;SHORT CursorPositionX;" & _
        "SHORT CursorPositionY; SHORT Attributes; SHORT Left; SHORT Top; SHORT Right; SHORT Bottom;" & _
        "SHORT MaximumWindowSizeX; SHORT MaximumWindowSizeY; WORD PopupAttributes; BOOL FullscreenSupported; DWORD ColorTable[16];"

$vKernel = DllOpen(@SystemDir & "\Kernel32.dll")
$CONSOLE_OUTPUT = _Console_GetStdHandle(-11)

Func _Console_Colors()
    Local $ColorTable[16] = [0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, _
    0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, _
    0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, _
    0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000]
    Local $tConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx = DllStructCreate($tagCONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFOEX)
    DllCall($vKernel, "bool", "GetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx", "handle", $CONSOLE_OUTPUT, "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($tConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx))
    DllStructSetData($tConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx, "ColorTable[16]", $ColorTable)
    DllCall($vKernel, "bool", "SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx", "handle", $CONSOLE_OUTPUT, "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($tConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx))
EndFunc

And some other shi... code.

But when i use this function then write something in console colors are same as before.

What's wrong in this code?

Edited September 3, 2016 by MrKris1224

[Mat]

Characters don't use just the colour table, each character also has attributes. By default these are set to be white text on black background (see here). 

I wrote a function to set the colour table, and another to set attributes. Try playing around with combinations. With setting the colortable, everything is blue (as you'd expect with all the colours being the same).

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#include <Array.au3>
#include '..\Console.au3'

_Console_Alloc()

Local $ColorTable[16] = [0xFFFFFF, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, _
        0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, _
        0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, _
        0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000, 0xFF0000]


$aOldColors = _Console_GetScreenBufferColorTable()
;~ _ArrayDisplay($aOldColors, 0xFF0000)

;~ $fSuccess = _Console_SetScreenBufferColorTable(-1, $ColorTable)
;~ If Not $fSuccess Then MsgBox(0, "Error (ColorTable)", @error & @CRLF & @extended)

$fSuccess = _Console_SetScreenBufferAttributes(-1, BitOR($FOREGROUND_BLUE, $FOREGROUND_GREEN, $FOREGROUND_INTENSITY, $BACKGROUND_BLUE))
If Not $fSuccess Then MsgBox(0, "Error (Attributes)", @error & @CRLF & @extended)

;~ $aNewColors = _Console_GetScreenBufferColorTable()
;~ _ArrayDisplay($aNewColors, 0xFF0000)

_Console_SetTitle("Hey look =P")

_Console_Write("Hello, World!" & @LF)

_Console_Pause()
_Console_SetScreenBufferColorTable(-1, $aOldColors)
_Console_Free()



Func _Console_SetScreenBufferAttributes($hConsoleOutput, $iAttributes, $hDll = -1)
    If $hConsoleOutput = -1 Then $hConsoleOutput = _Console_GetStdHandle($STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, $hDll)
    If $iAttributes = Default Then $iAttributes = 0

    ; Get current buffer info
    $tConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx = _Console_GetScreenBufferInfoEx($hConsoleOutput, $hDll)
    If @error Then Return SetError(1, @error, False)

    ; Modify attributes
    $tConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx.Attributes = $iAttributes

    ; Set new buffer info
    $fSuccess = _Console_SetScreenBufferInfoExEx($hConsoleOutput, DllStructGetPtr($tConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx), $hDll)
    If Not $fSuccess Then Return SetError(2, @error, False)

    Return True
EndFunc   ;==>_Console_SetScreenBufferAttributes

Func _Console_SetScreenBufferColorTable($hConsoleOutput, $aiColorTable, $hDll = -1)
    If $hConsoleOutput = -1 Then $hConsoleOutput = _Console_GetStdHandle($STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, $hDll)
    If Not IsArray($aiColorTable) Then Return False
    If UBound($aiColorTable, 0) <> 1 Then Return False
    If UBound($aiColorTable, 1) < 16 Then Return False

    ; Get current buffer info
    $tConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx = _Console_GetScreenBufferInfoEx($hConsoleOutput, $hDll)
    If @error Then Return SetError(1, @error, False)

    $tConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx.Attributes = BitOR($FOREGROUND_RED, $FOREGROUND_BLUE, $FOREGROUND_GREEN, $BACKGROUND_RED, $BACKGROUND_BLUE, $BACKGROUND_GREEN)

    ; Modify color table
    For $i = 0 To 15
        DllStructSetData($tConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx, "ColorTable", $aiColorTable[$i], $i + 1)
    Next

    ; Set new buffer info
    $fSuccess = _Console_SetScreenBufferInfoExEx($hConsoleOutput, DllStructGetPtr($tConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx), $hDll)
    If Not $fSuccess Then Return SetError(2, @error, False)

    Return True
EndFunc   ;==>_Console_SetScreenBufferColorTable

Regards,

Mat

 

To clarify since it's not apparent from MSDN, the index in the colour table is with the bits of the attribute in the order IBGR.

Edited September 12, 2016 by Mat
Added link between attributes and the colour table.

[careca]

I use registry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe]
"ScreenColors"=dword:000000f0
"PopupColors"=dword:000000fc
"NumberOfHistoryBuffers"=dword:0000000a
"ScreenBufferSize"=dword:0066005a
"WindowSize"=dword:001e005a
"HistoryBufferSize"=dword:00000064
"FontSize"=dword:000c0008
"FontFamily"=dword:00000030
"FontWeight"=dword:00000190

 

[MrKris1224]

Thanks bro It works perfect