pinvoke.net: Edit: kernel32.SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx

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Summary: TODO - a short description

!!!!C# Signature:
        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
        static extern bool SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(
            IntPtr ConsoleOutput,
            ref CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO_EX ConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx
            );
!!!!VB Signature:
 Declare Function SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx Lib "kernel32.dll" (TODO) As TODO
!!!!User-Defined Types:
        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
        public struct CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO_EX
        {
            public uint cbSize;
            public COORD dwSize;
            public COORD dwCursorPosition;
            public short wAttributes;
            public SMALL_RECT srWindow;
            public COORD dwMaximumWindowSize;

public ushort wPopupAttributes;
            public bool bFullscreenSupported;

internal COLORREF black;
            internal COLORREF darkBlue;
            internal COLORREF darkGreen;
            internal COLORREF darkCyan;
            internal COLORREF darkRed;
            internal COLORREF darkMagenta;
            internal COLORREF darkYellow;
            internal COLORREF gray;
            internal COLORREF darkGray;
            internal COLORREF blue;
            internal COLORREF green;
            internal COLORREF cyan;
            internal COLORREF red;
            internal COLORREF magenta;
            internal COLORREF yellow;
            internal COLORREF white;
        }

!!!!Alternative Managed API:
Do you know one?  Please contribute it!

!!!!Notes:
// Untested, added during 1-pass copy & paste of windows console fuctions

!!!!Tips & Tricks:
Please add some!

!!!!Sample Code:
 // Copyright Alex Shvedov
 // Modified by MercuryP with color specifications
 // Use this code in any way you want

using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;				// for Debug
 using System.Drawing;					// for Color (add reference to  System.Drawing assembly)
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;	// for StructLayout

internal class SetScreenColorsDemo
 {
	[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
	internal struct COORD
	{
		internal short X;
		internal short Y;
	}
	[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
	internal struct SMALL_RECT
	{
		internal short Left;
		internal short Top;
		internal short Right;
		internal short Bottom;
	}
	[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
	internal struct COLORREF
	{
		internal uint ColorDWORD;

internal COLORREF(Color color)
		{
			ColorDWORD = (uint)color.R + (((uint)color.G) << 8) + (((uint)color.B) << 16);
		}
 
		internal COLORREF(uint r, uint g, uint b)
		{
			ColorDWORD = r + (g << 8) + (b << 16);
		}

internal Color GetColor()
		{
			return Color.FromArgb((int)(0x000000FFU & ColorDWORD),
			   (int)(0x0000FF00U & ColorDWORD) >> 8, (int)(0x00FF0000U & ColorDWORD) >> 16);
		}

internal void SetColor(Color color)
		{
			ColorDWORD = (uint)color.R + (((uint)color.G) << 8) + (((uint)color.B) << 16);
		}
	}
	[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
	internal struct CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO_EX
	{
		internal int cbSize;
		internal COORD dwSize;
		internal COORD dwCursorPosition;
		internal ushort wAttributes;
		internal SMALL_RECT srWindow;
		internal COORD dwMaximumWindowSize;
		internal ushort wPopupAttributes;
		internal bool bFullscreenSupported;
		internal COLORREF black;
		internal COLORREF darkBlue;
		internal COLORREF darkGreen;
		internal COLORREF darkCyan;
		internal COLORREF darkRed;
		internal COLORREF darkMagenta;
		internal COLORREF darkYellow;
		internal COLORREF gray;
		internal COLORREF darkGray;
		internal COLORREF blue;
		internal COLORREF green;
		internal COLORREF cyan;
		internal COLORREF red;
		internal COLORREF magenta;
		internal COLORREF yellow;
		internal COLORREF white;
	}

const int STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11;										// per WinBase.h
	internal static readonly IntPtr INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = new IntPtr(-1);	// per WinBase.h

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
	private static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(int nStdHandle);

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
	private static extern bool GetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(IntPtr hConsoleOutput, ref CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO_EX csbe);

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
	private static extern bool SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(IntPtr hConsoleOutput, ref CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO_EX csbe);
 
	/***			C prototype:
	#include <Windows.h>
	#include <stdio.h>
	//#include <conio.h>		// for _getch()
 
	int wmain() {
		CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFOEX info;
		info.cbSize = sizeof(info);
		HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
		GetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(hConsole, &info);
		// info.ColorTable[0] - "Screen Background" color
		// info.ColorTable[7] - "Screen Text" color
		info.ColorTable[0] = RGB(0, 0, 200);
		info.ColorTable[7] = RGB(200, 200, 0);
		++info.srWindow.Bottom;					// reasons for these is unknown
		++info.srWindow.Right;
		SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(hConsole, &info);
		puts("Press ENTER to exit...");
		char bbb[100];
		gets_s(bbb);
		return 0;
	}
	***/

// Set a specific console color to an RGB color
	// The default console colors used are gray (foreground) and black (background)
	public static int SetColor(ConsoleColor consoleColor, Color targetColor)
	{
		return SetColor(consoleColor, targetColor.R, targetColor.G, targetColor.B);
	}

public static int SetColor(ConsoleColor color, uint r, uint g, uint b)
	{
		CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO_EX csbe = new CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO_EX();
		csbe.cbSize = (int)Marshal.SizeOf(csbe);					// 96 = 0x60
		IntPtr hConsoleOutput = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);	// 7
		if (hConsoleOutput == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
		{
			return Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
		}
		bool brc = GetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(hConsoleOutput, ref csbe);
		if (!brc)
		{
			return Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
		}

switch (color)
		{
			case ConsoleColor.Black:
				csbe.black = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.DarkBlue:
				csbe.darkBlue = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.DarkGreen:
				csbe.darkGreen = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.DarkCyan:
				csbe.darkCyan = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.DarkRed:
				csbe.darkRed = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.DarkMagenta:
				csbe.darkMagenta = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.DarkYellow:
				csbe.darkYellow = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.Gray:
				csbe.gray = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.DarkGray:
				csbe.darkGray = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.Blue:
				csbe.blue = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.Green:
				csbe.green = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.Cyan:
				csbe.cyan = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.Red:
				csbe.red = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.Magenta:
				csbe.magenta = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.Yellow:
				csbe.yellow = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
			case ConsoleColor.White:
				csbe.white = new COLORREF(r, g, b);
				break;
		}
		++csbe.srWindow.Bottom;
		++csbe.srWindow.Right;
		brc = SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(hConsoleOutput, ref csbe);
		if (!brc)
		{
			return Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
		}
		return 0;
	}

public static int SetScreenColors(Color foregroundColor, Color backgroundColor)
	{
		int irc;
		irc = SetColor(ConsoleColor.Gray, foregroundColor);
		if (irc != 0) return irc;
		irc = SetColor(ConsoleColor.Black, backgroundColor);
		if (irc != 0) return irc;

return 0;
	}

private static void Main(string[] args)
	{
		Color screenTextColor = Color.Red;
		Color screenBackgroundColor = Color.Blue;
		int irc = SetScreenColors(screenTextColor, screenBackgroundColor);
		Debug.Assert(irc == 0, "SetScreenColors failed, Win32Error code = " + irc + " = 0x" + irc.ToString("x"));

Debug.WriteLine("LargestWindowHeight=" + Console.LargestWindowHeight + " LargestWindowWidth=" + Console.LargestWindowWidth);
		Debug.WriteLine("BufferHeight=" + Console.BufferHeight + " WindowHeight=" + Console.WindowHeight + " BufferWidth=" + Console.BufferWidth + " WindowWidth=" + Console.WindowWidth);
		//// these are relative to the buffer, not the screen:
		//Debug.WriteLine("WindowTop=" + Console.WindowTop + " WindowLeft=" + Console.WindowLeft);
		Debug.WriteLine("ForegroundColor=" + Console.ForegroundColor + " BackgroundColor=" + Console.BackgroundColor);
		Console.WriteLine("Some text in a console window");
		Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
		Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
		Debug.WriteLine("ForegroundColor=" + Console.ForegroundColor + " BackgroundColor=" + Console.BackgroundColor);
		Console.Write("Press ENTER to exit...");
		Console.ReadLine();

// Note: If you use SetScreenColors, the RGB values of gray and black are changed permanently for the console window.
		// Using i.e. Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Gray afterwards will switch the color to whatever you changed gray to

// It's best to use SetColor for the purpose of choosing the 16 colors you want the console to be able to display, then use
		// Console.BackgroundColor and Console.ForegrondColor to choose among them.
	}
 }

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