Help with the console window
Author
Hello,
I'm making a very simple game in a 3D environment using a engine provided by my tutor. However there is a point in my game where the player needs to input text but the game engine does not support text input.
Therefore i think i am going to have to use the console window for the player to enter text into. Is it possible to call up the console window when i require the player to enter the text; for the player to then enter the text which will do something and then for the console window to close.
Hope that makes sense.
Thanks in advance.
Ronnie.
EDIT: Sorry i forgot to add that i am working with Microsoft Visual Studio using C++.
You can bring up a console window with AllocConsole() and destroy it with FreeConsole(). This won't help if your application is fullscreen, however.
you can take a look at AllocConsole which will create a console window that you can use for input/output
Author
Thanks for the quick reply.
I've justed tried using AllocConsole() but i get an error:
'Identifier not found'
Any ideas?
Thankyou.
I've justed tried using AllocConsole() but i get an error:
'Identifier not found'
Any ideas?
Thankyou.
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