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Looking for a UserControl which supports ANSI escape codes.

Answer 1

+1 A:

Assuming you mean "ANSI escape code," you can start by converting each escape code in your string into a color (since it sounds like those are the only codes you're interested in). Just use a table like the one here (bottom of page) and do a little bit of custom string parsing.

ANSI escape codes are pretty old-school, so I wouldn't expect them to have the intended effect. They're meant for controlling output to text terminals, not fancy stuff like a .NET user control.

Matt Ball 2009-12-11 17:07:07

I've already written the parser, and unfortunately I do need to handle a few more such as cursor positioning, clearing the screen, etc.

esac 2009-12-11 17:15:15

Sounds like you're stuck parsing those codes as well. I don't have much more to offer since it's really up to you to interpret how each control character effects your RichTextBox. Are you basically looking to write a control which functions like a terminal? There's got to be a better way to do this...

Matt Ball 2009-12-11 18:06:05

a control which functions like a terminal, yes to some degree. i already determined how i could draw the characters to screen, with color in my own control. but then i lose a lot of the functionality that something like a richtextbox has. and i have to convert it to my own structure of colors/characters and memory map that onto screen. preferably i would just leave the ansi escape codes in the stirng, and the control would parse and render as it goes along

esac 2009-12-11 20:21:32

Answer 2

+2 A:

Take a look at Dart's Vt.NET control (assuming that a VTxxx emulation is close enough to an ansi emulation).

jdigital 2009-12-26 18:37:32

The VTxxx, specifically VT52 escape sequences are what grew into the ANSI standard escape sequences as in ANSI X3.64.Dart's control is worth looking at.

Slaftos 2009-12-27 15:04:48

Answer 3

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checkout the following link: AckTerm @ sourceforge.com

i'm trying to translate ANSI codes coming from a serial interface using Terminal Control project from www.sourceforge.com written in C# - if ackterm won't be good for you google terminal control project

hope it is what you are looking for...

arik 2010-10-26 13:30:17

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