ConText

Why Context

ConText is a popular choice among ASReml users on the Windows platform. This is a third party product and ASReml support does not include user support with respect to the use of Context.

Getting ConText

ConText is available from http://www.contexteditor.org and may also be on your ASReml CD as the file ContextSetup.exe. To install Context, run this file. Then copy the file ASReml.chl to C:\Program Files\Context\Highlighters

Setting up ConText

A little bit of setting up is required to run ASReml conveniently. We assume ASReml is in the standard location
C:\Program files\ASReml4\bin\asreml.exe
To enable ASReml to run from Context under F9, when you have a .as file open, click Options Environment_Options Execute_keys Add

 file extensions:      as
 F9 Execute               "C:\Program files\ASReml4\bin\asreml.exe"
    Start In              %p
    Parameters            %f
    Hint                  ASReml

To access the User Guide by hitting F12 find ADOBE ACROBAT path by right clicking the ADOBE READER icon and selecting Properties. Then continue with

 F12 Execute              ADOBE ACROBAT path
     Start In              %p
     Parameters            "C:\Program files\ASReml4\doc\UserGuideFunctional.pdf"
     Hint                  User Guide

a similar way, you can setup Context to process a .pin file by clicking: Options Environment_Otions Execute_kys Add

 file extensions:        pin
 F9  Execute             "C:\Program files\ASReml4\bin\asreml.exe"
     Start In            %p
     Parameters          -p %f
     Hint                ASReml PIN

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