Downvoted Posts by cambalinho

finally i have the blink working:

//blinktext.h
#include <process.h>
#include <string>
#include <memory.h>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

struct Blink
{
    string Text;
    int x;
    int y;
    int TextColor;
    int BackColor;
};

unsigned __stdcall BlinkLoop(void *params)
{
    Blink *p = static_cast<Blink *>(params);

    size_t tlen = p->Text.length()-2;
    char *EmptyText = new char[tlen];
    memset(EmptyText, 'd', tlen);

    HDC hDC=GetDC(GetConsoleWindow());

    while (true)
    {

        SetBkMode(hDC,TRANSPARENT);
        SetTextColor(hDC,RGB(0,255,0));
        TextOut(hDC,p->x,p->y,p->Text.c_str(),(int)p->Text.length()+1);
        Sleep(500);
        SetTextColor(hDC,RGB(0,0,0));
        SetBkMode(hDC,OPAQUE);
        SetBkColor(hDC,RGB(0,0,0));
        TextOut(hDC,p->x,p->y,EmptyText,(int)p->Text.length()+2);
        Sleep(500);
    }
    return 0;
}

void TextBlink(string text, int x, int y, int TextColor, int BackColor)
{
    Blink *b=new Blink;
    b->Text=text;
    b->BackColor=BackColor;
    b->TextColor=TextColor;
    b->x=x;
    b->y =y;
    _beginthreadex(NULL, 0, BlinkLoop  ,b, 0, NULL);
}

//main.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include "blinktext.h"


using namespace std;

int main()
{
    TextBlink("Hello world", 20,20,3,3);
    cout << "hello world";//like you see, the caret(text cursor) isn't losed


    cin.get();
    return 0;
}

why (int)p->Text.length()+2)??
because some issue..i don't know, if i don't use it the text isn't showed... sorry, but test it and see yourself...
the colors aren't programmed, but works fine