Detect ANSI-compatible console from Windows batch file?

Windows 10 console host, `conhost.exe`, has [native support for ANSI escape sequences][1], older versions do not. How can one detect the presence or absence of console ANSI support from a batch file?

Is it possible to call [`GetConsoleMode`][2] or other Windows API calls directly from a batch file?


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The answer to your last question is: Yes, with the aid of PowerShell code. This Batch file do what you requested:

@echo off
setlocal

set /A STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE=-11
set /A ENABLE_PROCESSED_OUTPUT=1, ENABLE_WRAP_AT_EOL_OUTPUT=2, ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING=4

PowerShell ^
$GetStdHandle = Add-Type 'A' -PassThru -MemberDefinition ' ^
[DllImport(\"Kernel32.dll\")] ^
public static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(int nStdHandle); ^
'; ^
$GetConsoleMode = Add-Type 'B' -PassThru -MemberDefinition ' ^
[DllImport(\"Kernel32.dll\")] ^
public static extern bool GetConsoleMode(IntPtr hWnd, ref UInt32 lpMode); ^
'; ^
$StdoutHandle = $GetStdHandle::GetStdHandle(%STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE%); ^
$ConsoleMode = New-Object -TypeName UInt32; ^
$null = $GetConsoleMode::GetConsoleMode($StdoutHandle,[ref]$ConsoleMode); ^
Set-Content ConsoleMode.txt $ConsoleMode ^
%End PowerShell%

set /P "ConsoleMode=" < ConsoleMode.txt
set /A "AnsiCompatible=ConsoleMode & ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING"
if %AnsiCompatible% neq 0 (
echo The console is Ansi-compatible!
) else (
echo Ansi codes not supported...
)

I wrote this type of code reading the examples at the PowerShell help on Add-Type cmdlet and the info given in the accepted answer at [this question][1].

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