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Note: So far I’ve only created a few single-line animations. Have not yet ventured to create elaborate multi-line animations.

Settings

• Variables:
  • AniTextColorExplicit = Set color of current character being animated. (Color)
  • TextColorExplicit = Set color of text before/after animation. (Color)
  • BackgroundColor = Set background color of line. (Color)
  • GarbledCharacterString = String of characters used in the Garbled animations. (string)

• Animation Types:
  • Linear = Display each character at a time from left to right.
  • GarbledRandom = Garbled characters that randomly change to text.
  • GarbledLinear = Garbled characters that change to text from left to right.
  • SlideIn = Characters slide into place from the right side of the screen.

Functions

WriteAnimated(string text, int speed = 100, ConsoleColor? textColor = null, ConsoleColor? animationColor = null, AnimationType aniType = AnimationType.Linear)

WriteLineAnimated(string text, int speed = 100, ConsoleColor? textColor = null, ConsoleColor? animationColor = null, AnimationType aniType = AnimationType.Linear)

WriteLineAnimated(string[] text, int speed = 100, ConsoleColor?[] textColor = null, ConsoleColor?[] animationColor = null, AnimationType aniType = AnimationType.Linear)

• WriteAnimated
  • text = Text (string)
  • speed = Animation speed (int)
  • textColor = Line text color (ConsoleColor)
  • animationColor = Color of animated character (ConsoleColor)
  • aniType = Custom animation type (AnimationType)

• WriteLineAnimated
  • text = Line text (string or string[])
  • speed = Animation speed (int)
  • textColor = Line text color (ConsoleColor or ConsoleColor[])
    • If using array, the textColor array location will match the string array location
  • animationColor = Color of animated character (ConsoleColor or ConsoleColor[])
    • If using array, the animationColor array location will match the string array location
  • aniType = Custom animation type (AnimationType)

Simple Example:

ConsoleWriter cw = new ConsoleWriter()
cw.WriteLineAnimated("Animate this line.");

Multiple Animated Examples:

using (ConsoleWriter cw = new ConsoleWriter())
            {
                cw.WriteLineAnimated("".PadRight(Console.BufferWidth - 1, '+'), 20, null, ConsoleColor.Red, AnimationType.GarbledRandom);

                string welcome = "This is my Console Writer script.";
                int padding = ((Console.BufferWidth - 1) / 2) + (welcome.Length / 2);
                welcome = welcome.PadLeft(padding);

                cw.WriteLineAnimated(welcome, 150, null, ConsoleColor.Red, AnimationType.GarbledRandom);
                cw.WriteLineAnimated("");
                Thread.Sleep(500);

                cw.TextColorExplicit = ConsoleColor.Black;
                cw.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Gray;

                cw.WriteLineAnimated("Written by Derrick Ducote for PC Affinity.", 40);
                Thread.Sleep(500);

                cw.GarbledCharacterString = "#";
                cw.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Blue;

                cw.WriteLineAnimated("These are a few examples of it's usage.", 80, null, null, AnimationType.GarbledLinear)
                    .WriteLineAnimated("Please use it responsibly.", 90, null, null, AnimationType.GarbledRandom);
                Thread.Sleep(500);

                cw.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black;
                cw.WriteLineAnimated("");

                cw.WriteAnimated("Stacking animations/colors: ", 1, ConsoleColor.White, ConsoleColor.Red, AnimationType.SlideIn)
                    .WriteAnimated("1", 100, ConsoleColor.Blue)
                    .WriteAnimated("2", 100, ConsoleColor.Green)
                    .WriteAnimated("3", 100, ConsoleColor.Yellow)
                    .WriteAnimated("4", 100, ConsoleColor.Magenta)
                    .WriteAnimated("5", 100, ConsoleColor.Red)
                    .WriteAnimated("6", 100, ConsoleColor.Blue)
                    .WriteAnimated("7", 100, ConsoleColor.Green)
                    .WriteAnimated("8", 100, ConsoleColor.Yellow)
                    .WriteAnimated("9", 100, ConsoleColor.Magenta)
                    .WriteLineAnimated("0", 100, ConsoleColor.Red);
                Thread.Sleep(500);

                cw.WriteLineAnimated("");

                cw.WriteAnimated("Press ", 10, ConsoleColor.Green, ConsoleColor.Blue)
                    .WriteAnimated("Any Key", 10, ConsoleColor.White, ConsoleColor.Blue)
                    .WriteLineAnimated(" to exit.", 10, ConsoleColor.Green, ConsoleColor.Blue);
                cw.WriteAnimated("Press ", 10, ConsoleColor.Green, ConsoleColor.Blue)
                    .WriteAnimated("'x'", 10, ConsoleColor.White, ConsoleColor.Blue)
                    .WriteLineAnimated(" to repeat.", 10, ConsoleColor.Green, ConsoleColor.Blue);

                cw.WriteLineAnimated(new string[3] { "Array Test: ", "This is a Green string and ", "this is a Yellow string." }, 100, new ConsoleColor?[3] {ConsoleColor.White, ConsoleColor.DarkGreen, ConsoleColor.Yellow });

                cw.WriteLineAnimated("");

            }

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