Thread: How do you create two consoles with one program?

  1. 11-15-2010 #1
    edomingox
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    How do you create two consoles with one program?

    Here's the situation. I would like to be able to have to window consoles running by one program. the program is a text adventure game. One window would contain all the info and actions going on. The second window would be an ascii map of your character moving.

    Problem is I have no idea where to start and how to do it. I know very little about HANDLEs. I found this page about Console Functions but I have no idea how to use it. I would need to know how to switch between windows back and forth to do actions properly.
    Console Functions (Windows)

    any help would be great.
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    AllocConsole .... "A process can be associated with only one console,"

    I think you need another plan, if you were planning on two consoles.

    You can create as many GUI windows as you like, and make them "look" like consoles.
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  3. 11-16-2010 #3
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    That may be the same thing I can use. Is there an easy way to do such a thing? I've never done something like that before. I wouldn't know where to start.
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