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* Download and unzip [https://github.com/downloads/adoxa/ansicon/ansi160.zip | ansi160.zip]
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* Download and unzip [https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon/releases/download/v1.66/ansi166.zip | ansi166.zip]
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* open cmd and navigate to the unzipped folder
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* Open cmd and navigate to the unzipped folder
 
* Navigate to x64 (if you have a 64 bit machine) otherwise navigate to x86
 
* Navigate to x64 (if you have a 64 bit machine) otherwise navigate to x86
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* Type <code>ansicon.exe -h</code> and you will get the following:
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* Type <code>ansicon.exe -i</code> and ansicon will be installed.
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<source>
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* Now navigate to any of your projects and run cucumber to see if ansicon has succesfully been installed
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D:\Data\ansicon\x86&gt;ansicon.exe -h
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* The ansicon warning should have dissapeared and text output should be colored
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ANSICON by Jason Hood .
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* If any issues occur you can type <code>ansicon.exe -u</code> in the ansicon folder to uninstall ansicon.
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Version 1.32 (22 December, 2010).  Freeware.
 
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http://ansicon.adoxa.cjb.net/
 
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Process ANSI escape sequences in Win32 console programs.
 
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ansicon -i|I | -u|U
 
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ansicon [-m[]] [-p | -e|E string | -t|T [file(s)] | program [args]]
 
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  -i            install - add ANSICON to the AutoRun entry (implies -p)
 
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  -u            uninstall - remove ANSICON from the AutoRun entry
 
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  -I -U        use local machine instead of current user
 
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  -m            use grey on black ("monochrome") or  as default color
 
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  -p            hook into the parent process
 
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  -e            echo string
 
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  -E            echo string, don't append newline
 
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  -t            display files ("-" for stdin), combined as a single stream
 
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  -T            display files, name first, blank line before and after
 
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  program      run the specified program
 
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  nothing      run a new command processor, or display stdin if redirected is one or two hexadecimal digits; please use "COLOR /?" for details.
 
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</source>
 
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* Execute 'ansicon.exe -i' to install and add ansicon to your Windows
 
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* Run your cucumber test and you should get the coloured output result on Windows
 
  
 
'''source:''' http://qastuffs.blogspot.nl/2011/02/how-to-install-ansicon-for-cucumber-to.html
 
'''source:''' http://qastuffs.blogspot.nl/2011/02/how-to-install-ansicon-for-cucumber-to.html

Revision as of 10:57, 28 July 2016

  • Download and unzip | ansi166.zip
  • Open cmd and navigate to the unzipped folder
  • Navigate to x64 (if you have a 64 bit machine) otherwise navigate to x86
  • Type ansicon.exe -i and ansicon will be installed.
  • Now navigate to any of your projects and run cucumber to see if ansicon has succesfully been installed
  • The ansicon warning should have dissapeared and text output should be colored
  • If any issues occur you can type ansicon.exe -u in the ansicon folder to uninstall ansicon.

source: http://qastuffs.blogspot.nl/2011/02/how-to-install-ansicon-for-cucumber-to.html

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