windows console programming

gistfile1.cpp

void SetCursor(int x, int y)
{
	COORD cd = {(short)x, (short)y};
	HANDLE g_hOutput = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
	SetConsoleCursorPosition(g_hOutput, cd);
}

void SetColor(unsigned short ForeColor=0xFFFF,unsigned short BackGroundColor=0)
{
	HANDLE m_outputHandle = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
	SetConsoleTextAttribute(m_outputHandle, ForeColor|BackGroundColor);
	//static CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbInfo;
	//GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(m_outputHandle, &csbInfo);
	//return SetConsoleTextAttribute(m_outputHandle, ForeColor | (csbInfo.wAttributes & ~0xF));
}

void echo( bool on = true )
{
  DWORD  mode;
  HANDLE hConIn = GetStdHandle( STD_INPUT_HANDLE );
  GetConsoleMode( hConIn, &mode );
  mode = on
       ? (mode |   ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT )
       : (mode & ~(ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT));
  SetConsoleMode( hConIn, mode );
}