Inconsistent behavior with Win32 Console API between console emulator - c

Question

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong in the following snippet?
The problem is that this snippet, which is supposed to print "Hello, World!" with colors works exactly as expected when ran in cmder with cmd.exe as the shell, but is is completly broken when used in the native cmd.exe terminal emulator or the native PowerShell emulator.
Specifically, the background color is changed, and the reset doesn't work.
#include <windows.h>
#include <io.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <fileapi.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdio.h>
typedef struct {
HANDLE h;
HANDLE hin;
WORD savedAttr;
} Terminal;
#define FOREGROUND_RGB (FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_GREEN)
#define BACKGROUND_RGB (BACKGROUND_RED | BACKGROUND_BLUE | BACKGROUND_GREEN)
#define TRY_OS(expr) if ((expr) == 0) { osError(); }
#define TRY_OR(expr) if ((expr) == 0)
static WORD get_text_attributes(Terminal term)
{
CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO c;
TRY_OR(GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(term.h, &c)) {
return 0x70;
}
return c.wAttributes;
}
Terminal getHandle(FILE* in, FILE* out)
{
Terminal term;
if ((in == stdin) && (out == stdout)) {
// grab the current console even if stdin/stdout have been redirected
term.h =
CreateFile("CON", GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
0, 0);
term.hin =
CreateFile("CON", GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0,
0);
// term.h = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
// term.hin = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
} else {
term.h = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(_fileno(out));
term.hin = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(_fileno(in));
}
term.savedAttr = get_text_attributes(term);
return term;
}
void setFG(Terminal term, int color)
{
WORD attr = get_text_attributes(term);
attr &= ~FOREGROUND_RGB; // clear FG color
attr &= ~FOREGROUND_INTENSITY; // clear FG intensity
attr |= color;
SetConsoleTextAttribute(term.h, attr);
}
void setBG(Terminal term, int color)
{
WORD attr = get_text_attributes(term);
attr &= ~BACKGROUND_RGB; // clear BG color
attr &= ~BACKGROUND_INTENSITY; // clear BG intensity
attr |= color;
SetConsoleTextAttribute(term.h, attr);
}
int main()
{
Terminal term = getHandle(stdin, stdout);
setFG(term, FOREGROUND_RED);
WriteConsole(term.h, "Hello, ", 7, NULL, NULL);
setFG(term, FOREGROUND_BLUE);
WriteConsole(term.h, "World !\r\n", 9, NULL, NULL);
// reset style
SetConsoleTextAttribute(term.h, term.savedAttr);
return 0;
}
I guess I am doing something wrong in my use of the API and cmder is looser about it, but I wrote this whole code by reading the official Microsoft doc, so I am a bit confused.

Answer 1

I suggest you could try to use Multi-Byte Character Set in stead of Unicode Character Set.
Or you could try to use wide-character literal, like:
term.h =
CreateFile(L"CON", GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
0, 0);
term.hin =
CreateFile(L"CON", GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0,
.
WriteConsole(term.h, L"Hello, ", 8, NULL, NULL);
.
WriteConsole(term.h, L"World !\n\r", 9, NULL, NULL);
EDIT:
Results of running with cmd:
Results of running with visual studio: