Exe not working properly outside of visual studio?
Solution 1:
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code, specifically:
In 2016, Microsoft released the Windows 10 version 1511 update which unexpectedly implemented support for ANSI escape sequences, over two decades after the debut of Windows NT.[13] This was done alongside Windows Subsystem for Linux, allowing Unix-like terminal-based software to use the sequences in Windows Console. Unfortunately this defaults to off, but Windows PowerShell 5.1 enabled it. PowerShell 6 made it possible to embed the necessary ESC character into a string with `e.[14] Windows Terminal, introduced in 2019, supports the sequences by default, and Microsoft intends to replace the Windows Console with Windows Terminal.[15]
Color codes work in Visual Studio Code (Terminal).
ADDITIONAL INFO:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/new-experimental-console-features/
Solution 2:
I've been able to enable Color Codes in default Windows terminal using the following code:
#ifdef _WIN32
#include <Windows.h>
void enableColors()
{
DWORD consoleMode;
HANDLE outputHandle = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
if (GetConsoleMode(outputHandle, &consoleMode))
{
SetConsoleMode(outputHandle, consoleMode | ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING);
}
}
#endif
Call it once at the start of the main
function.