#include <graphics.h>
int getbkcolor(void);
 

getbkcolor returns the current background color. (See the table in
setbkcolor for details.)

/* getbkcolor example */
 
#include <graphics.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
 
int main(void)
{
   /* request autodetection */
   int gdriver = DETECT, gmode, errorcode;
   int bkcolor, midx, midy;
   char bkname[35];
 
   /* initialize graphics and local variables */
   initgraph(&gdriver, &gmode, "");
 
   /* read result of initialization */
   errorcode = graphresult();
   if (errorcode != grOk) {  /* an error occurred */
printf("Graphics error: %s\n", grapherrormsg(errorcode));
 
printf("Press any key to halt:");
getch();
exit(1);   /* terminate with an error code */
   }
 
   midx = getmaxx() / 2;
   midy = getmaxy() / 2;
   setcolor(getmaxcolor());
 
   /* for centering text on the display */
   settextjustify(CENTER_TEXT, CENTER_TEXT);
 
   /* get the current background color */
   bkcolor = getbkcolor();
 
   /* convert color value into a string */
   itoa(bkcolor, bkname, 10);
   strcat(bkname, " is the current background color.");
 
 
 
   /* display a message */
   outtextxy(midx, midy, bkname);
 
   /* clean up */
   getch();
   closegraph();
   return 0;
}

getcolor getmaxcolor getpalette setbkcolor

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