Question: Can character colors be changed under DOS???? - China DOS Union Forum

If you just want to change the color of characters, you can use the batch enhancement program BTE. The usage is as follows:

Change colors: BTE P attrib color
For example: under DOS, with white text on a black background, the foreground attribute is 7 and the background attribute is 0. If you enter
BTE P 7 62
then everything white on the screen (not bright white) will become yellow. Use BTE M to restore it.

Change character color: BTE C start long attrib
This function is used to change the color and background color of some characters on the screen. start is the position code of the first character to be changed: start value = row X80 + column, where row is 0-24 and column is 0-79; long is how many characters in total to change the color of (0 is the maximum value); attrib is the attribute code. For example:
BTE C 80 10 26
will change the 10 characters starting after the first character on the second line to bright green text on a blue background.

Restore normal display mode: BTE M

The advantage of this program is that it does not occupy memory, and it's short and compact, only a little over 490 bytes.

Floor1　天蓝	Posted 2003-06-02 00:00
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Question: Can character colors be changed under DOS????

Floor2　如是大师	Posted 2003-06-02 00:00
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Of course you can..

Floor3　天蓝	Posted 2003-06-02 00:00
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Be more specific.

Floor4　如是大师	Posted 2003-06-02 00:00
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It's already explained in the beginner section. Please don't make random posts in the future.

Floor5　Lydong	Posted 2003-06-02 00:00
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If you just want to change the color of characters, you can use the batch enhancement program BTE. The usage is as follows: Change colors: BTE P attrib color For example: under DOS, with white text on a black background, the foreground attribute is 7 and the background attribute is 0. If you enter BTE P 7 62 then everything white on the screen (not bright white) will become yellow. Use BTE M to restore it. Change character color: BTE C start long attrib This function is used to change the color and background color of some characters on the screen. start is the position code of the first character to be changed: start value = row X80 + column, where row is 0-24 and column is 0-79; long is how many characters in total to change the color of (0 is the maximum value); attrib is the attribute code. For example: BTE C 80 10 26 will change the 10 characters starting after the first character on the second line to bright green text on a blue background. Restore normal display mode: BTE M The advantage of this program is that it does not occupy memory, and it's short and compact, only a little over 490 bytes.

Floor6　荆棘鸟	Posted 2003-06-03 00:00
高级用户　Posts 144　Credits 537　From 河南
That's pretty good, but I suggest you try 4dos. It can give different files different colors, so you can recognize them at a glance. 4dos can also reduce memory usage, has doskey built in, a powerful and convenient Tab key, and lots of other advantages too.