output to console from MFC
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I have an MDI utility that I've built with MFC (VC8) which I now also want to be able to use from the command line. I have added code to handle command line arguments with the help of CCommandLineInfo. But I can't find anything helpful about how to output text to the same console. I mostly need it to display error messages. I don't want to use a MessageBox when I run the program from the command line.
Also how do I exit the program with an error code so that a batch file running the program can catch it?
Here is an article on Code Project about openning an cmd window and printing to it. Hope it helps.
http://www.codeproject.com/debug/oleconsolewindow.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/debug/oleconsolewindow.asp
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Unfortunately I have already seen that page and it doesn't help. That code opens a new console and outputs to it. I want to output to the console that started the program.
Quote:Original post by Deceptprintf() or cout should do the trick.
Unfortunately I have already seen that page and it doesn't help. That code opens a new console and outputs to it. I want to output to the console that started the program.
As for exiting with an error code, I seem to recall there's a file (MyApp.cpp or something) which has a WinMain-like function in it. You should modify that to return an error code instead of 0.
MFC overrides console output...
I had found this article while I was using VC++6, but it may still work with VC++2005: http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/EditBin.asp
all you have to do is:
EditBin MyProgram.exe /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE
I had found this article while I was using VC++6, but it may still work with VC++2005: http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/EditBin.asp
all you have to do is:
EditBin MyProgram.exe /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE
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