never tried......looks interesting though.....I'll poke around a little

keep the rudder amid ship and beware the odd typo

I've done a little playing.  I am running into the same behavior you are with Term::ANSIColor.
    
....'just thinking (typing) out loud......I suspect that the Win32 'dos' window is not ANSI compliant.  I can't find any specifications on the 'dos' window to determine if this is the case.  The Term::ANSIColor module is ANSI specific.

However, there is a color dos command for controling foreground and background color.  You could call that from your Perl.

You can make system calls to mod the appearance of the window.


#!perl
system("color 37");
print <<EndPrint;
Some grey text in an aqua screen.
The first digit is background color and second is foreground(text).
See windows help->dos->Command Index for help on color codes.
Type color at the prompt to reset to defaults.
EndPrint



Is Tk an alternative?  It provides alot of GUI function and is not to difficult to play with.

'hope this helps

keep the rudder amid ship and beware the odd typo

ya i had a feeling that the ansi color was not supported in dos. The system call changes the entire screen. But it doesnt change just the part of the text that i want. I think we are fighting a lost cause here. hehe. But thanks for the help.