getdefaultpalette

Syntax

#include <graphics.h>
struct palettetype *getdefaultpalette(void);

Description

getdefaultpalette finds the palettetype structure that contains the palette initialized by the driver during initgraph.

Return Value

getdefaultpalette returns a pointer to the default palette set up by the current driver when that driver was initialized.

See also

getpalette

initgraph

Example

/* getdefaultpalette example */ 

#include <graphics.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main(void)
{
   /* request autodetection */
   int gdriver = DETECT, gmode, errorcode;


   /* pointer to palette structure */
   struct palettetype *pal = NULL;
   int i;

   /* initialize graphics and local variables */
   initgraph(&gdriver, &gmode, "");


   /* read result of initialization */
   errorcode = graphresult();
   if (errorcode != grOk) {  /* an error occurred */

      printf("Graphics error: %s\n", grapherrormsg(errorcode));
      printf("Press any key to halt:");
      getch();
      exit(1);               /* terminate with an error code */
   }

   /* return a pointer to the default palette */
   pal = getdefaultpalette();
   for (i=0; i<pal->size; i++) {
      printf("colors[%d] = %d\n", i, pal->colors[i]);
      getch();
   }

   /* clean up */
   getch();
   closegraph();
   return 0;
}