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by phillid » 16 May 2010 17:02
I'm just wondering whether it is possible to have graphics in a batch file like in EDIT.exe
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by !k » 17 May 2010 01:49
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by phillid » 17 May 2010 23:10
How do I use it?
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by !k » 18 May 2010 02:23
OS is XP? ANSI.SYS not worked under CMD.EXE
Add in CONFIG.NT next string
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device=%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys
Then start ansi.sys demo
And must be

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by phillid » 19 May 2010 22:08
When I try that, it says that 'device' is not a command and that it can't find screen.bat
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by !k » 20 May 2010 01:00
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device=%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys need not to perform, but to add it to your "%SystemRoot%\system32\CONFIG.NT" file
screen.bat is
here
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by phillid » 22 May 2010 18:17
Hello. It still doesn't work.
It just prints the escape commands on-screen...
I've added the device command to config.nt
Have I missed a step?
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by !k » 22 May 2010 23:44
Run command.com /c screen.bat?
cmd.exe /c screen.bat does not work!
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by aGerman » 23 May 2010 12:36
Hi guys.
I'm virtually certain that command.com isn't available on a 64 bit OS (because 16 bit apps don't work on it). So you phillid should check it.
Here I attached a small tool I wrote in C++. You could try it. But I never got a reply if it would work on a 64 bit Windows OS too.
Regards
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by phillid » 23 May 2010 23:44
OK Cool!!! Thanks so much !k
aGerman, the program works absolutely fine on XP
I'll tell some my friends about these solutions, some of them have also been wondering how to do this too!
Thanks!

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