use warnings;
use strict;

use Inline C => Config =>
    BUILD_NOISY => 1;

use Inline C => <<'EOC';

SV * get_handle() {
     return newSVuv(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE));
}

SV * get_attr(SV * h) {
     CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO Info;
     if(!GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo((HANDLE)SvUV(h), &Info))
       croak("Error obtaining current attributes");
     return newSVuv(Info.wAttributes); 
}

void set_attr(SV * h, SV * attr) {
    if(!SetConsoleTextAttribute((HANDLE)SvUV(h), (WORD)SvUV(attr)))
      croak("Error setting attributes");
}

EOC

use constant {
 FOREGROUND_BLUE      => 1,
 FOREGROUND_GREEN     => 2,
 FOREGROUND_RED	      => 4,
 FOREGROUND_INTENSITY => 8,
 BACKGROUND_BLUE      => 16,
 BACKGROUND_GREEN     => 32,
 BACKGROUND_RED       => 64,
 BACKGROUND_INTENSITY => 128};

$| = 1;
my $h = get_handle();
my $current = get_attr($h);

my $current_background = $current & (BACKGROUND_RED | BACKGROUND_BLUE
                         | BACKGROUND_GREEN | BACKGROUND_INTENSITY);

# $current_foreground not needed in this script
my $current_foreground = $current & (FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_BLUE
                         | FOREGROUND_GREEN | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY);

# Set $message to intense red on current background
my $message = FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY | 
              $current_background;

set_attr($h, $message);
print "ERROR_MSG = xyz";

# Restore original foreground/background colours.
set_attr($h, $current);
print "\n All Done\n";