ANSI detection
Cyril Plisko
Or some other ANSI emulator ?
Thanx in advance,
Cyril Plisko.
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Timo Salmi
>Is there any way to my program to detect ANSI.SYS in memeory?
>Or some other ANSI emulator ?
Yes. You write an ansi sequence on the screen, and test the result
directly from the CRT because they will differ if the sys is loaded
or not. In MdDos 5.0 you can also use interrupts as explained by
some recent PC-Magazines number. If you need just the program, not
the code you can find it in garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ts/tsbat31.zip. If
you program in Turbo Pascal you can find the routine in my TP units
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Chris Jennings
description of the MultiPlex Interrupt (INT 2Fh) which will do what u want for
ANSI.SYS -> simply set AX = 1A00h then INT2Fh. If AL =0FFh after the
interrupt, then ANSI has been loaded, if AL=0 it hasn't.
Unfortunately this does not work with all ANSI drivers, such as EANSI.SYS
supplied by ULTRA-VGA - which is annoying when these are touted as extensions
of the ANSi.SYS functions.
Chris jennings
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}On page 132 of the Microsoft MS-DOS programmer's reference is a full
}description of the MultiPlex Interrupt (INT 2Fh) which will do what u want for
}ANSI.SYS -> simply set AX = 1A00h then INT2Fh. If AL =0FFh after the
}interrupt, then ANSI has been loaded, if AL=0 it hasn't.
}
}Unfortunately this does not work with all ANSI drivers, such as EANSI.SYS
Note that the function did not exist prior to DOS 4.0, and wasn't documented
until DOS 5.0. In earlier versions, MSDOS checked whether
segment(INT 29h) > segment(INT 20h)
and assumed ANSI.SYS was present if so.
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>Or some other ANSI emulator ?
Try getting a hold of the INFOPlus program. It includes complete
source code for itself (INFOPlus is a norton SI like program, telling
you what is inside your computer). It detects ANSI.SYS, I believe
through a MultiPlex call, DOS int 2fh, though I cannot be more specific.
Good Luck.
Scott G.
Timo Salmi
>Try getting a hold of the INFOPlus program. It includes complete
109667 Jan 1 01:50 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/ifp1s150.zip
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Prof. Timo Salmi
I. Yermish
May I suggest the BATCHMAN.COM utility from PC Magazine, available from
the PC MagNet area on Compu$erve. In addition to detecting if ANSI.SYS is
present it will do all kinds of neat things useful within a .BAT file.
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Ira Yermish, Ph.D. (215)-660-1636
iyer...@sju.edu
Jon Freivald
This should work for ANSI.SYS - emulators I can't help you with I'm
afraid...
Interrupt 2Fh, function 1Ah, subfunction 00h
mov ax,1A00h
int 2Fh
cmp al,FFh
je ANSIInstalled
This requires DOS 4.0 or higher I'm afraid.
Jon
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Alon Ziv
The easiest (IMHO) way to find if an ANSI-like driver is installed
is by sending the RCP (Report Cursor Position) code to stdout, then checking
if you get the expected reply from stdin. This does not depend on DOS or
driver versions, and should work for any decent driver.
-az
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