getbkcolor

Returns the current background color.

Defined in header <graphics.h>

Syntax

#include <graphics,h>
int far getbkcolor(void);

Portability

Remarks

getbkcolor returns the current background color. (See the table under setbkcolor for details.)

Return value

getbkcolor returns the current background color.

See also

• getcolor
• getmaxcolor
• getpalette
• setbkcolor

Example

#include <graphics.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main(void)
{
   /* request autodetection */
   int gdriver = DETECT, gmode, errorcode;
   int bkcolor, midx, midy;
   char bkname[35];
   /* initialize graphics and local variables  */
   initgraph(&gdriver, &gmode, "");
   /* read result of initialization */
   errorcode = graphresult ();
   if (errorcode != grOk) {  /* an error occurred  */
      printf("Graphics error: %s\n", grapherrormsg (errorcode));
      printf ("Press any key to halt:");
      getchO ;
      exit(l);               /* terminate with an error  code */
   }
   midx = getmaxx () / 2;
   midy = getmaxyO  / 2;
setcolor (getmaxcolor());
/* for centering text on the display  */
settextjustify (CENTER_TEXT, CENTER_TEXT);
/* get the current background color  */
bkcolor = getbkcolor 0 ;
/* convert color value into a string  */
itoa(bkcolor, bkname, 10);
strcat(bkname, " is the current background  color.

/* display a message */
outtextxy (midx, midy, bkname);

/* clean up */
getchO ;
closegraphO ;
return 0;

Differences from modern implementations

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Modern references

• Microsoft C runtime (search)

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Stable link: /3.1/graphics.h/getbkcolor/ · short form /3.1/getbkcolor/