Making standard console appear in allegro

Question

When I run allegro program there isnt standard text console. How can I make it appear, so I can use cout and cin then? Im using Dev-Cpp and allegro 4.2.1.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '12 at 20:44

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Two ways:

Create the application as a console application

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Use the Win32 API to allocate and attach a console when needed:

answered May 01 '12 at 20:44

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Thats all. Great answer, thanx. – noisy cat May 02 '12 at 17:43
I found another way (simillar to ur 1st one), just change in the project options from win32 gui to win32 console. – noisy cat May 02 '12 at 17:44

Making standard console appear in allegro

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