"Print" to Screen in Console app

[Ken VdB]

Hi everyone,

One of the things that really interested me about VS.net was that I can now
create a console based app using VB. I have a number of QuickBASIC 4.5 apps
which we are still using and for which I still have source code. I would
love to port these to VB.net but can't figure out how to print to the
screen. I suddenly realized it has been a long time since I have done
anything like this (most of my apps are web-based with a MS-SQL backend) and
I can't figure out how to create a UI in a console based app in VB.net. How
do I go about doing this? Is there some kind of "best practices" I should
be aware of?

Another huge advantage to these apps it that they will be accessible via the
Windows 2000 Server telnet service.

Cheers,

Ken.

 

[solex]

Interesting idea, I would also be interested in this.

I would imagine that you would really need to create/buy some sort of
console textual screen designer. Or you could simply use the Console
methods to create a menuing system, but they you are limited to on input per
screen.

Dan

 

[One Handed Man [ OHM# ]]

One problem is that the console does not support X,Y positioning or clear
screen. This apparently will come with Whidbey.

Regards - OHM#

Interesting idea, I would also be interested in this.

I would imagine that you would really need to create/buy some sort of
console textual screen designer. Or you could simply use the Console
methods to create a menuing system, but they you are limited to on
input per screen.

Dan

Regards - OHM# (e-mail address removed)

 

[Doug Perkes]

Ken,

There is a similar discussion on this board right now. Do a search for the
thread with the subject WriteConsoleOutput. There is a bunch of source code
included with the posts.

-- Doug

 

[solex]

What is interesting about this is that we are heading back full circle
(again) to the days of the mainframe dumb terminal. I love it...