Hi. As previously mentioned, there is a tool for Windows XP+ called ANSICON [1] which can be loaded via the registry or manually and provides support for ANSI coloured output at the console. Whilst editing the registry is not something many people actually like doing, it can be done quite easily using the REG command from the Windows Resource Toolkit. REG ADD "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor" /v AutoRun /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Utils\ANSICon.exe -p" Another useful feature is that ANSICON maintains an environment variable which holds the current screensize ... ANSICON=200x9999 (200x100) 200x9999 is the window size 200x100 is the current visible portion. So, for text-tabled output, you can tailor the size to fit. Useful for interactive console apps. Regards, Richard. [1] http://adoxa.110mb.com/ansicon/index.html -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
