I did some further digging as we had a C++ app behaving the same way: emitting color in a standard console but the color doesn't appear in Jenkins.
It turns out the C++ app (and presumably the C# one) is using the low level console APIs such as WriteConsole: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms687401%28v=vs.85%29.aspx. This isn't being captured by Jenkins. Not sure if there is a simple solution. Brent On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 3:55:16 AM UTC-5, Baptiste Mathus wrote: > > Right, read too quickly. > > Just took the opportunity to try and crawl the now OSS'es .Net code: > https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/tree/master/src/System.Console/src/System > (disclaimer: I don't know DotNet at all) > Wild guess: seems like that ConsolePal class is wildly different for > Windows & Unix. So I should think that code is not issuing ANSI codes? Or > maybe there's a way to force output to be "Unix"? > > Maybe some DotNet savvy guy could have a look and do a better job guessing > what's wrong here? > > My 2 cents > HTH > > 2015-03-02 18:20 GMT+01:00 Slide <slide...@gmail.com <javascript:>>: > >> He mentioned in his email that he has the ANSI color plugin installed. >> >> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:15 AM Baptiste Mathus <m...@batmat.net >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Try the ANSI color plugin? (Supposing .Net is emitting standard codes). >>> Le 2 mars 2015 17:25, "Brent Scriver" <bscr...@phxlabs.ca <javascript:>> >>> a écrit : >>> >>> >>>> I have the ansi color plugin installed and verified it works, however >>>> .NET or C++ applications setting console colors and emitting text does not >>>> appear colored in the log. Is there a configuration setting to enable it? >>>> >>>> The .net code is pretty simple: >>>> static void Main(string[] args) >>>> { >>>> Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkRed; >>>> Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkCyan; >>>> Console.WriteLine("This should be dark red on a dark cyan >>>> background."); >>>> Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red; >>>> Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Cyan; >>>> Console.WriteLine("This should be red on a cyan >>>> background."); >>>> } >>>> >>>> Producing the output: >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0A68v4gM8eA/VPSOZdakiEI/AAAAAAAAABs/NEm3QwrE_ew/s1600/DotNetColorOutputTest.png> >>>> >>>> I also tested a batch file with the text: >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kLAB5HpJ030/VPSOlrTOGKI/AAAAAAAAAB0/RYIX-frfKfk/s1600/AnsiColorTest%2BBatch%2BFile.png> >>>> >>>> This resulted in the Jenkins output: >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-n1oRJhrsQB0/VPSOsmVFF_I/AAAAAAAAAB8/RTqoIiMnH_w/s1600/Jenkins%2BOutput.png> >>>> >>>> Recommendations? >>>> >>>> Thank you for your time! >>>> >>>> Brent >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Jenkins Users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to jenkinsci-use...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/2b5baa64-ae89-494a-9e1e-869a0d566f07%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/2b5baa64-ae89-494a-9e1e-869a0d566f07%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Jenkins Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to jenkinsci-use...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CANWgJS6mvgiWZV43ufK4cvg17_C4NkkrjD%2B8e%2B6aPdnX-gEF7w%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CANWgJS6mvgiWZV43ufK4cvg17_C4NkkrjD%2B8e%2B6aPdnX-gEF7w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Jenkins Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to jenkinsci-use...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAPiUgVfOKjjOmBzgKBBmWw7hXfgRS_K4bAN9i%3DP%2Btnn3wiH-tg%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAPiUgVfOKjjOmBzgKBBmWw7hXfgRS_K4bAN9i%3DP%2Btnn3wiH-tg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net >> Sauvez un arbre, >> Mangez un castor ! >> nbsp;! >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. 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