Console window

[gxpark]

Hi,

I know how to open a console window and send output to it, but is it possible to attach that window to my main program window? or completely hide the console window?

Thanks in advance.

[gxpark]

I tried doing this by retrieving the hWnd of the console window, so I could use SetParent to attach the console to another window. This is what I did:

Randomize Timer ' Create a unique id to find the window
sTitle = "ZBINST: " & Rnd()
SetConsoleTitle sTitle ' Set the console title to a unique string
Sleep 40 ' Wait for the title to be updated
hWnd = FindWindow("", sTitle) ' Find the window

But, hWnd returns 0, and so does GetLastError, so I don't know where the error is...

[Megatron]

Check with Spy++ and see if the window name shown is what you expect.

[gxpark]

stupid mistake... I used "" instead of vbNullString... It now works

[Tygur]

I'm not too sure because I didn't test it, but I don't think that Sleep line makes a difference. It doesn't look like it makes any difference because it freezes everything your app is doing. So how can the titlebar be getting updated during that time? I think the titlebar is already updated after you set the title. You might not need to have your program wait.

[gxpark]

Originally posted by Tygur
I'm not too sure because I didn't test it, but I don't think that Sleep line makes a difference. It doesn't look like it makes any difference because it freezes everything your app is doing. So how can the titlebar be getting updated during that time? I think the titlebar is already updated after you set the title. You might not need to have your program wait.

The console runs asynchronously from the main app, so I rather be completely sure the title gets updated

[Tygur]

Originally posted by gxpark


The console runs asynchronously from the main app, so I rather be completely sure the title gets updated

Well I just tested it out and you're right. It does run asyncronously. I've never realized that before..