Hey guys,
I'm trying to figure out how to set the foreground and background of font in a 16 bit assembly program.
So far this is what I have...
My question is how to set the background to just the string of characters. Right now it is setting my whole entire console to a yellow background. All I want is the string highlighted with yellow.
How do I do this?
Thanks...
-Mallard
I'm trying to figure out how to set the foreground and background of font in a 16 bit assembly program.
So far this is what I have...
TITLE First 16-bit Program (main.asm)
; Description:
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; Revision date:
INCLUDE Irvine16.inc
.data
msg BYTE "My String",0
.code
main PROC
mov ax,@data
mov ds,ax ;these two lines required for 16-bit programs
;mov dh,10
;mov dl,5
;call gotoxy
mov ax,0
mov al,11101100b ;Text to red, background to yellow
call settextcolor
mov edx,offset msg
call writestring
mov ax, 0941h
mov bx, 001ah
mov cx, 0001h
int 10h
mov ah,4ch ; terminate process
mov al,0 ; return code
int 21h
main ENDP
END main
My question is how to set the background to just the string of characters. Right now it is setting my whole entire console to a yellow background. All I want is the string highlighted with yellow.
How do I do this?
Thanks...
-Mallard
Try int 10h, ah=13h
http://www.ctyme.com/intr/rb-0210.htm
Note that you'll have to set es as well as ds at the beginning of your program.
Best,
Frank
http://www.ctyme.com/intr/rb-0210.htm
Note that you'll have to set es as well as ds at the beginning of your program.
Best,
Frank