How to create console ?

[Guest]

How do I add a console to a graphical app?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

How do I add a console to a graphical app?

P/invoke on 'AttachConsole' (see Google and MSDN for more info).

 

[Guest]

P/invoke, where is it ?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

P/invoke, where is it ?

C# Programmer's Reference -- Platform Invoke Tutorial
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/csref/html/vcwlkPlatformInvokeTutorial.asp>

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Errata:

C# Programmer's Reference -- Platform Invoke Tutorial
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/csref/html/vcwlkPlatformInvokeTutorial.asp>

Sorry, wrong link...

Visual Basic Language Concepts -- Walkthrough: Calling Windows APIs
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcn7/html/vaconCallingWindowsAPIs.asp>

 

[Guest]

I am a little confused why you sent me this link. I do know how to
use declare for ConsoleAlloc

Private Declare Function AllocConsole Lib "kernel32" () As Boolean

However I am not sure what is P/Invoke. I looked up P/Invoke in the msdn
and nothing comes up. Is it some sort of short hand notation / colloquialism
?

I do know that a Form has an Invoke method, is that what you mean?

Anyway, I tried to simply call ConsoleAlloc from Button1_click, and I
do get a console window, but Console.WriteLine is not recognisable
by the editor ?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I am a little confused why you sent me this link. I do know how to
use declare for ConsoleAlloc

Private Declare Function AllocConsole Lib "kernel32" () As Boolean

However I am not sure what is P/Invoke. I looked up P/Invoke in
the msdn and nothing comes up.

In the MSDN documentation, you'll find information about p/invoke under the
term "platform invoke" the list of topics (if you have the MSDN Library
installed locally).

I do know that a Form has an Invoke method, is that what you
mean?

That's something different. Platform invocation is (simplified) about
calling methods provided by the "platform" (in our case, Windows), either
through 'Declare' (in VB.NET) or 'DllImport' (in VB.NET and other .NET
programming languages).

Anyway, I tried to simply call ConsoleAlloc from Button1_click, and I
do get a console window, but Console.WriteLine is not recognisable
by the editor ?

Are you sure the 'System' namespace is imported?

<URL:http://www.google.de/[email protected]>

 

[Guest]

In the MSDN documentation, you'll find information about p/invoke under
the

term "platform invoke" the list of topics (if you have the MSDN Library
installed locally).

In the context sensitive help of the installed msdn "p/invoke" does not
appear. Try typing p/ you will see.

Are you sure the 'System' namespace is imported?

System is imported. When I type in button1_click
console.
I get 'form1' in the suggested list of choosables.
When I try to do
dim a as new console, it doesn't accept it either.

<URL:http://www.google.de/[email protected]
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This link doesn't compile
InitializeComponent() is undefined

 

[Guest]

Some progress... it works now, not sure why it didn't before.
Now there is a new problem, only read works, write doesn't.