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Synopsis:
    #include <graph.h>
    short _FAR _settextcolor( short pixval );

Description:
    The _settextcolor function sets the current text color to be the color
    indicated by the pixel value of the pixval argument.  This is the color
    value used for displaying text with the  _outtext and  _outmem
    functions.  Use the  _setcolor function to change the color of graphics
    output.  The default text color value is set to 7 whenever a new video
    mode is selected.

    The pixel value pixval is a number in the range 0-31.  Colors in the
    range 0-15 are displayed normally.  In text modes, blinking colors are
    specified by adding 16 to the normal color values.  The following table
    specifies the default colors in color text modes.


         Pixel      Color        Pixel      Color
         value                   value

           0       Black           8       Gray
           1       Blue            9       Light Blue
           2       Green          10       Light Green
           3       Cyan           11       Light Cyan
           4       Red            12       Light Red
           5       Magenta        13       Light Magenta
           6       Brown          14       Yellow
           7       White          15       Bright White


Returns:
    The _settextcolor function returns the pixel value of the previous text
    color.

See Also:
    _gettextcolor, _outtext, _outmem, _setcolor

Example:
    #include <conio.h>
    #include <graph.h>

    main()
    {
        int old_col;
        long old_bk;

        _setvideomode( _TEXTC80 );
        old_col = _gettextcolor();
        old_bk = _getbkcolor();
        _settextcolor( 7 );
        _setbkcolor( _BLUE );
        _outtext( " WATCOM \nGraphics" );
        _settextcolor( old_col );
        _setbkcolor( old_bk );
        getch();
        _setvideomode( _DEFAULTMODE );
    }

Classification:
    PC Graphics

Systems:
    DOS, QNX