CHAR_INFO
The CHAR_INFO structure specifies the Unicode or ANSI character and the colour attributes of the screen character cell. This
structure is used by console functions to read from and write to a console screen buffer.
typedef struct _CHAR_INFO {
// Unicode or ANSI character
union {
WCHAR UnicodeChar;
CHAR AsciiChar;
} Char;
// Text and background colors
WORD Attributes;
} CHAR_INFO, *PCHAR_INFO;
Members
Char
Unicode (wide-character) or ANSI character of a screen buffer character
cell, depending on whether it is used with the Unicode or ANSI version of a function.
Attributes
Character attributes. There are two classes of the attributes - colour and DBCS. This member can be zero or any combination of the
following attributes: (all of them are defined in
The foreground attributes (FOREGROUND_*) define the colour of the text symbols. The background attributes (BACKGROUND_*) define the colour of the background of the text cell. Other attributes (COMMON_LVB_*) are used with DBCS.
Wincon.h).
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| FOREGROUND_BLUE | Text color contains blue. |
| FOREGROUND_GREEN | Text color contains green. |
| FOREGROUND_RED | Text color contains red. |
| FOREGROUND_INTENSITY | Text color is intensified. |
| BACKGROUND_BLUE | Background color contains blue. |
| BACKGROUND_GREEN | Background color contains green. |
| BACKGROUND_RED | Background color contains red. |
| BACKGROUND_INTENSITY | Background color is intensified. |
| COMMON_LVB_LEADING_BYTE | DBCS: Leading byte. |
| COMMON_LVB_TRAILING_BYTE | DBCS: Trailing byte. |
| COMMON_LVB_GRID_HORIZONTAL | DBCS: Grid attribute: top horizontal. |
| COMMON_LVB_GRID_LVERTICAL | DBCS: Grid attribute: left vertical. |
| COMMON_LVB_GRID_RVERTICAL | DBCS: Grid attribute: right vertical. |
| COMMON_LVB_REVERSE_VIDEO | DBCS: Reverse foreground and background attributes. |
| COMMON_LVB_UNDERSCORE | DBCS: Underscore. |
Remarks
See also: