Microsoft KB Archive/73314

= CTRL+PRINT SCREEN Causes ANSI Escape Sequences to Print =

Article ID: 73314

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q73314



SUMMARY
If you use ANSI escape sequences in the PROMPT command ($E) and turn on continuous print by pressing CTRL+PRINT SCREEN, the ANSI escape sequences used in the prompt will be printed when you press ENTER.



MORE INFORMATION
When working from the command prompt, CTRL+PRINT SCREEN will print continuous output in a mirror image of the computer screen. If you used ANSI escape sequences to customize the command prompt with $E, the prompt, including the ANSI characters used in the PROMPT command, will be printed. The following example shows a prompt using ANSI escape codes to set the command prompt to magenta on black, and how it prints out using CTRL+PRINT SCREEN:

Prompt setting: PROMPT $e[35;40m$p$g$e[37;40m

How it will print: 35;40mC:\>37;40m

If this output is unacceptable, the prompt can be changed from the command line by issuing the following command:

PROMPT $P$G

To set the prompt to its previous setting, restart the computer.

Additional query words: 6.22 3.20 3.21 3.30 3.30a 4.00 4.01 4.01a 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20

Keywords: KB73314

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