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Pascal
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How to control colors in cmd.exe with write?
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October 15, 2018, 09:53:17 am »
How can i control the colors of my programs output (write)? Escape sequences do not work. Is there an other way?
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Thaddy
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Re: How to control colors in cmd.exe with write?
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escape sequences should work when you include the crt unit.
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Re: How to control colors in cmd.exe with write?
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October 15, 2018, 11:55:06 am »
No, doesn't work. The sequences are printed: ←[91m
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Re: How to control colors in cmd.exe with write?
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October 15, 2018, 12:09:22 pm »
In Windows 10, you need to enable processing of ansi escape control sequences programmatically by yourself. See this link how :
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/2103
EDIT : Call SetConsoleMode with flag ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING :
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/setconsolemode
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