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Custom text background SOLVED!! Sorta..
Post by michael on Mar 19th, 2016, 03:55am

**** see link for my final custom solution****

http://bb4w.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=graphics&action=display&num=1458438004

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This is for information purposes only. I had to figure out a bit more about the differences between complete background and foreground controls and this wasn't the total solution I wanted.

The original program shows the problem, and with the examples I couldn't figure how the custom R,G,B settings would be shared with the background..

The Problem
Code:
  REM SET MODE TO 8 USING VDU (
      VDU 22,8
      REM SET LINE THICKNESS TO 3
      VDU 23,23,3|
      REM OFF
      GCOL 1
      COLOUR 1,175,165,150
      FILL 100,100
      COLOUR 157
      INPUT TAB(0,5) "Enter Your Information  " A$
      PRINTTAB(0,6);A$
      (mou)
      WAIT 0 : REM just wait, nothing to do !
      GOTO (mou)

And here is the solution: Thanks to Richard
Code:
COLOUR 1,175,165,150 : Set palette color 1 to RGB triplet
 COLOUR 128+1 : REM Set text background to palette color 1
 CLS
 INPUT TAB(0,5) "Enter Your Information: " A$
 PRINTTAB(0,6);A$

And his other sample given
Code:
 MODE 8
 COLOUR 1,175,165,150 : Set palette color 1 to RGB triplet
 GCOL 0 : REM Set graphics foreground to palette color 0
 GCOL 128+1 : REM Set graphics background to palette color 1
 VDU 5 : REM Treat text as graphics (transparent background)
 CLG
 MOVE 0,800
 PRINT "Hello world!"