colour 'include' file wtd

Blitz3D Forums/Blitz3D Beginners Area/colour 'include' file wtd

Something along the lines of (and I do not have access to Blitz, so I can't check the colours or there may be little syntax errors, sorry -


Function TxtCol(col$)

Select col$

Case "white"
RED=225
GREEN=225
BLUE=225

Case "brilliant"
RED=255
GREEN=255
BLUE=255

Case "black"
RED=0
GREEN=0
BLUE=0

Case "silver"
RED=180
GREEN=180
BLUE=195

Case "red"
RED=225
GREEN=0
BLUE=0

Case "emerald"
RED=0
GREEN=225
BLUE=0

Case "blue"
RED=0
GREEN=0
BLUE=225

Case "yellow"
RED=225
GREEN=225
BLUE=0

Case "magenta"
RED=225
GREEN=0
BLUE=225

Case "orange"
RED=195
GREEN=170
BLUE=0

Case "brown"
RED=80
GREEN=95
BLUE=0

Case "cyan"
RED=0
GREEN=225
BLUE=225

Case "crimson"
RED=80
GREEN=0
BLUE=0

Case "navy"
RED=0
GREEN=0
BLUE=80

Case "green"
RED=0
GREEN=80
BLUE=0

Case "light grey"
RED=150
GREEN=150
BLUE=150

Case "dark grey"
RED=80
GREEN=80
BLUE=80

Default
RED=255
GREEN=255
BLUE=255

End Select

Color RED,GREEN,BLUE

End Function

;Just add more colours as necessary (to improve speed, try to keep most popular colours at the top of the 'Select' list.



So to activate the colours, it should work with:

TxtCol("red")
Text "red"


TxtCol("silver")
Text "silver"

TxtCol("cyan")
Text "cyan"




etc. etc.

Hope this helps!

_______________________________EDIT____________________________

Added code to the Archives... you never know... ;-)