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Moving from a console app to a MFC windows app

I have just finished porting a unix app to a NT console app and would like to move it into a full MFC windows app.

Currently the NT console app displays graphics in one window (this window is being created by the graphics library) The other window is a console window in which the user enters commands.

I have set up an AppWiz generated program which will display my graphics as a view, but I am not sure how to handle creating another window to accept command line input\output. I think I will need to derive something from CEdit but after that I am lost.

I am very new to MFC programming, so any suggestions will be appreciated

-Eric

chacko

You can use dialogs for getting the input. You need to design the UI very neatly so that it takes less pain to write in MFC and neat. If you send the details of the project I can help you out

My e-mail addtess is varghese_chacko@hotmail.com

nielsew

ASKER

I understand dialogs to be an option, but I would rather find a way to direct stdin/stdout to a MFC window if this is possible. If you are familar will ClearCase Attache's interface, this is the type of "look" I am trying to create for my app. (ClearCase uses a splitter window with the bottom portion acting as a command line for user input/output)

Thanks,

-Eric

tflai

There is an example in December 1997 issue of "Windows Developer's Journal" on a GUI+console application. I've got a code snippet:
(Simply call RedirectToConsole() at InitInstance() and a DOS window will be created. You can then use regular "cout >>", "cout <<", "printf", and "scanf".
-----GUICON.H-----
#ifndef _GUICON_H
#define _GUICON_H

#include <windows.h>
#include <wincon.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <io.h>

#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>

void RedirectIOToConsole();

#endif

// End of File
-----GUICON.CPP-----
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "GuiCon.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

#ifndef _USE_OLD_IOSTREAMS
//using namespace std;
#endif

// Maximum number of lines the output console should have.
static const WORD MAX_CONSOLE_LINES = 500;

#define _GUICON_DEBUG
#ifdef _GUICON_DEBUG

void RedirectIOToConsole()
{
int hConHandle;
long hStdHandle;
CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO conInfo;
FILE *fp;

// Allocate a console for this application.
AllocConsole();

// Set the screen buffer to be big enough to let us scroll text.
GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &conInfo);
conInfo.dwSize.Y = MAX_CONSOLE_LINES;
SetConsoleScreenBufferSize(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), conInfo.dwSize);

// Redirect unbuffered STDOUT to the console.
hStdHandle = (long)GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
hConHandle = _open_osfhandle(hStdHandle, _O_TEXT);
fp = _fdopen( hConHandle, "w" );
*stdout = *fp;
setvbuf( stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0 );

// Redirect unbuffered STDIN to the console.
hStdHandle = (long)GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
hConHandle = _open_osfhandle(hStdHandle, _O_TEXT);
fp = _fdopen( hConHandle, "r" );
*stdin = *fp;
setvbuf( stdin, NULL, _IONBF, 0 );

// Redirect unbuffered STDERR to the console.
hStdHandle = (long)GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
hConHandle = _open_osfhandle(hStdHandle, _O_TEXT);
fp = _fdopen( hConHandle, "w" );
*stderr = *fp;
setvbuf( stderr, NULL, _IONBF, 0 );

// Make cout, wout, cin, wcin, wcerr, cerr, wclog, and clog
// point to console as well.
// ios::sync_with_stdio();
}

#endif

// End of File

nielsew

ASKER

Thanks!

I tried this out and it works well, but I would rather not allocate a console window. I would like the IO window to be embedded in the application window.

-Eric

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nielsew

ASKER

Thanks again Mike.
This is just what I was looking for.

-Eric