_BACKGROUNDCOLOR

The _BACKGROUNDCOLOR function returns the current background color.

Syntax

BGcolor& = _BACKGROUNDCOLOR

Description

• Use it to get the current background color to restore later in a program.
• Returns the closest attribute value of the background color.

Examples

Example 1: Storing a background color for later use.

SCREEN 0 COLOR 1, 3 CLS BG% = _BACKGROUNDCOLOR PRINT BG%

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Example 2: Understanding the function output

SCREEN 0 COLOR 1, 11 CLS BG% = _BACKGROUNDCOLOR PRINT BG% 'prints the attribute as 3 instead of 11

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Explanation: SCREEN 0 background colors over 7 will return the lower intensity color attribute values: EX: attribute - 8

See also

• _DEFAULTCOLOR
• COLOR, SCREEN
• SCREEN (function)
• Color Dialog Box

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