writing to the console

Hello everybody.
I'm trying to write to the console with WriteConsoleOutput, but I get some
errors during compilation.
The code I've written so far:

Code:

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Display a 80cols  x 25 rows fixed size console
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void  DisplayCon(char target[]){

    COORD bufferSize = {80, 25};
    COORD TopLeft = {0,0};

    SMALL_RECT Out_buf; 

    Out_buf.Left = 0;
    Out_buf.Top = 0;
    Out_buf.Right = 24;
    Out_buf.Bottom = 79;

    WriteConsoleOutput(wHnd, target, bufferSize, TopLeft, Out_buf);

    return;

}

When I compile I get these errors:

Code:

Type error in argument 2 to 'function'; expected 'const CHAR_INFO *' but found 'char *'.
Type error in argument 5 to 'function'; expected 'PSMALL_RECT' but found 'SMALL_RECT'.

regarding the WriteConsoleOutput call.

What am I missing?

The array I'm using to store the data to be displayed: target[] should
be a CHAR_INFO structure. If I want to use the same area using union,
the same that I'm using for array target[], how should I define the structure?

CHAR_INFO has already a union inside:

Code:

typedef struct _CHAR_INFO { // chi  
    union {                /* Unicode or ANSI character  */ 
        WCHAR UnicodeChar; 
        CHAR AsciiChar; 
    } Char; 
    WORD Attributes;       // text and background colors 
} CHAR_INFO, *PCHAR_INFO;

I am not able to figure how should I declare the structure with a union to
have the same area of 8000 bytes usable in both array mode and struct mode.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Start with

Code:

CHAR_INFO array[10];  // pick your size

Then do

Code:

array[0].Char.AsciiChar = mystring[0];  // and the rest of them
array[0].Attributes = 0;  // RTM for RED, FLASH, whatever...

Finally,

Code:

WriteConsoleOutput(wHnd, array, bufferSize, TopLeft, &Out_buf);

Thanks salem. This is a different solution, but it can be feasible.

I have the

Code:

AsciiChar
Attributes

In an array of characters source[4000] in this shape:

Code:

first character:
source[0] contains the AsciiChar
source[1] contains the Attributes
second character:
source[2] contains the AsciiChar
source[3] contains the Attributes
and so on.

If I assign the values:

Code:

array[0].Char.AsciiChar = source[0];  
array[0].Attributes =source[1];
and so on

I leave the remaining 2 bytes of the structure uninitialized, but I want that they
contain both a space [ASCII 32].
So I need to put some value also in the remaining 2 bytes of the
structure. How do I access them?