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Newcomers DBPro Corner / White on black but not black on white? :S

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I Am Herenow
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Posted: 20th Jan 2007 19:01
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For some reason in my program, the line

"INK RGB (255,255,255), RGB (0,0,0)"

works fine, but

"INK RGB (0,0,0), RGB (255,255,255)"

doesn't! The second one just gives me a black screen! Please help! :S
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Zotoaster
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Posted: 20th Jan 2007 19:20
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The second parameter doesn't actually change the background color. What it does is change the text background color if the text is set to opaque.

To change the background color, use CLS.

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I Am Herenow
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Posted: 21st Jan 2007 11:25
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"INK RGB (0,0,0), RGB (255,255,255)
CLS"

Still doesn't work! What's the exact syntax? :S
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FROGGIE!
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Posted: 21st Jan 2007 14:03 Edited at: 21st Jan 2007 14:03
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CLS RGB(255,255,255)

(Ignore this. it wont let me post without lower csae letters)
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TDK
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2007 01:22
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As an additional tip, you don't need to use:

Ink RGB(255,255,255),RGB(0,0,0)

Instead, you can use:

Ink RGB(255,255,255),0

RGB is a calculation function and in this case, one where the result is always 0 so you can same time (albeit a miniscule amount) by not doing the calculation at all.

TDK_Man

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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2007 02:55
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It's just as Zotoaster says. You need to set the text to opaque before the background part will work in the ink command.



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I Am Herenow
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2007 21:58
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Thanks guys, it works now!

Actually, turns out it wasn't working because my CLS and INK commands were inside a FOR...NEXT loop, so it kept clearing the text before displaying it (silly me! )
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