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Re: Creating a console window

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From: Ari Lukumies
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 09:59
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Thaddeus L. Olczyk wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know how I can open a console window in a Win95 GUI app?
> I want to dump some data for debugging purposes.
> Richter's Advanced Windows says that it is possible, but does not say how, and
> I have not been able to find a description anywhere else.

Check out the API AllocConsole. If you want to make use of stdout (for printf 
etc), you can then use something like this:

	HANDLE	hStdout;
	FILE	*fp;

	hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
	*fp = _fdopen(_open_osfhandle(hStdout, _O_TEXT), "w");
	*stdout = *fp;
	printf("Hello!\n");

Later,
 AriL
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