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\ASReml3\bin\asreml.exe
To enable ASReml to run from Context under F9, when you have a .as file open, click Options EnvironmentOtions Executekys Add 
 file extensions:      as
 F9 Execute               "C:\Program files\ASReml3\bin\asreml.exe"
    Start In              %p
    Parameters            %f
    Hint                  ASReml

To access the User Guide by hitting , 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\ASReml3\doc\UserGuide.pdf"
     Hint                  User Guide

a similar way, you can setup Context to process a .pin file by clicking: Options EnvironmentOtions Executekys Add 
 file extensions:        pin
 F9  Execute             "C:\Program files\ASReml3\bin\asreml.exe"
     Start In            %p
     Parameters          -p %f
     Hint                ASReml PIN

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