lowvideo

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Header File

conio.h

Category

Console I/O Routines

Prototype

void lowvideo(void);

Description

Selects low-intensity characters.

lowvideo selects low-intensity characters by clearing the high-intensity bit of the currently selected foreground color.

This function does not affect any characters currently onscreen. It affects only those characters displayed by functions that perform text mode, direct console output after this function is called.

Note: Do not use this function in Win32 GUI applications.

Return Value

None.

Example

#include <conio.h>
int main(void)
{
clrscr();
highvideo();
   cprintf("High Intensity Text\r\n");
   lowvideo();
gotoxy(1,2);
   cprintf("Low Intensity Text\r\n");
return 0;
}

Portability

POSIX	Win32	ANSI C	ANSI C++
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