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Re: Creating a console window

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From: Robert Gibson
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 23:52
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"Thaddeus L. Olczyk" <Polczyk@interaccess.com> 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.
>Thanks in advance.
>Thaddeus L. Olczyk

Check out the example program DIAGXPRT in the owl examples.  Build it and then execute it.  It will provide you with a
debugging window that you can send text to via the OutputDebugString API call.  Try it, you'll like it...

Rob
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