Does anyone know of a way to output to a console even if a WinMain function is present. It seems like this should be simple..

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Thanks,
Trevor Parscal
www.trevorparscal.com
trevorparscal@hotmail.com

Do not include .def file while linking and you'll be able to use printf in console.

Andrew.

"Trevor Parscal" <trevorparscal@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:d7ioc7$2p9l$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Does anyone know of a way to output to a console even if a WinMain function is present. It seems like this should be simple..
>
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Trevor Parscal
> www.trevorparscal.com
> trevorparscal@hotmail.com

On Tue, 31 May 2005 15:27:16 -0700, Trevor Parscal wrote:

> Does anyone know of a way to output to a console even if a WinMain function is present. It seems like this should be simple..

It sort of is...

look up the Windows SDK for AllocConsole, GetStdHandle, WriteConsole, ReadConsoleInput, and FreeConsole. There a re a few other functions available to, but these are the basic ones.


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Derek
Melbourne, Australia
1/06/2005 9:37:12 AM

"Derek Parnell" <derek@psych.ward> wrote in message news:1pmj54hl4v7jy$.j6m1vccfnsy2$.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Tue, 31 May 2005 15:27:16 -0700, Trevor Parscal wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of a way to output to a console even if a WinMain function is present. It seems like this should be simple..
>
> It sort of is...
>
> look up the Windows SDK for AllocConsole, GetStdHandle, WriteConsole, ReadConsoleInput, and FreeConsole. There a re a few other functions available to, but these are the basic ones.
>

Sacred knowledge: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/learn/52.html

And one more solution:

dwritef  - writef into debugging console (VisualStudio or WinDbg)

version(Windows)
{
  extern (Windows)
  {
    export void OutputDebugStringA(char* lpOutputString);
  }
}

debug void dwritef(...)
{
    char[] s;
    void putc(dchar c)
    {
      std.utf.encode(s, c);
    }
    std.format.doFormat(&putc, _arguments, _argptr);

    version(Windows)
    {
      OutputDebugStringA(s);
    }
} else void dwritef(...) {}

In article <d7ioc7$2p9l$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Trevor Parscal says...
>
>Does anyone know of a way to output to a console even if a WinMain function is present. It seems like this should be simple..
>
>-- 
>Thanks,
>Trevor Parscal
>www.trevorparscal.com
>trevorparscal@hotmail.com

Trevor,

You may find the D converted version of wincon.h, renamed to wincon.d on my site useful...there's also two very useful examples included in the download. Just look for the "Fun with the NT / XP Console in D", which is the bottom entry of the following web page.

http://spottedtiger.tripod.com/D_Language/D_Hub_Adv_Tutor_XP.html

David L.


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