Windows character mode applications using the functions provided by the console I/O functions. This tag should be used by questions about the console functions, structures and winevents, which support character mode applications.
Questions tagged [windows-console]
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How to get GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent to work with cmd.exe
I'm trying to get GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent to work. This is the minimal example I've come up with:
#include
static BOOL WINAPI handler(DWORD CtrlType)
{
return TRUE;
}
int main()
{
if (!SetConsoleCtrlHandler(&handler, TRUE))
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CreateProcess does not create additional console windows under Windows 7?
I am trying to run a process using CreateProcess(...) and run it independently in a seperate console window.
I can achieve this using the system("...") function, but I prefer CreateProcess since it gives me the possibility to specify environment and…
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Python script pops up console when run by scheduler
Possible Duplicate:
Run python script without DOS shell appearing
I have a python script that Windows Scheduler runs every 5 minutes for me. The script works fine but every time it runs it's loading up the console really quick on my desktop…
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How to get rid of "Command Line" window when running Python script with GUI?
Possible Duplicate:
How can I hide the console window in a PyQt app running on Windows?
I am programming under Python2.6 + PyQT + Eric4 environment.
All the GUI and Program parts are done, but here is the problem.
When I run my program, two…
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Can you redirect Tee-Object to standard out?
I am writing a script and I want to pass the values but also see them displayed
Get-Content data.txt | Tee-Object | data_processor.exe
But Tee-Object always requests a file and I just want to see it on the screen.
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How to prevent enter key on windows console from automatically scrolling
Whenever I type some characters into the windows console and hit enter, it automatically scrolls to the next line. Is there any way to disable this behavior in C++ (using the Windows API), and if so; how?
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Where does execution stop if keyboard interrupt is given as input?
I have this simple piece of code in a file named printftest.c.
#include
int main(){
int c, i;
i = 0;
while ((c = getchar()) != EOF)
++i;
printf("c = %d\n", c);
printf("i = %d\n", i);
}
Compilation and…
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How to skip error found in a batch-file and continue executing the command line?
I'm using the Windows Command Processor, (cmd.exe), to scan all the files in a server. My goal is to have a .txt file with name files and where they are located, (for a faster search).
This is my code:
P:
DIR *.* /P /Q /S >…
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Windows 'dir' command: sort files by date when '/s' is specified
Goal: I want to copy the latest file with a certain extension from a "source directory" to a "destination directory" using a batch file. The latest file may be under several sub-directories within the source directory.
This question/answer is…
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TypeError: Cannot read property 'isMultiple' of undefined (using sendgrid, over nodejs on windows console)
I have been trying to send emails through sendgrid with nodeJs on the windows console. I tried to install it using the sendgrid tutorial :
echo "export SENDGRID_API_KEY='YOUR_API_KEY'" > sendgrid.env
echo "sendgrid.env" >> .gitignore
source…
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How can I ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING?
Some time ago I noticed that there's a new console mode ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING and I decided to try it out. Here's my sample code:
// File: test1.c
#include
#include
#include
#include
const…
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embed cmd in win32 application and text not selectable
I write both gui and console program. For console I use color output like \33[0m. For gui I need to write more code, if I switch to another gui library I need to rewrite the code. Some simple library(I'm currently using) doesn't even have api…
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Python script doesn't print output in command prompt
I need some advice with a Python script. I'm still new and learned it by myself. I found the script on Google. After I retype it, it doesn't print the result in the console. How can the result of the script be shown in the console? Details as…
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How to execute a cygwin command from C# and leave it open?
I'm trying to run a cygwin command via bash from C# and try to keep the results open with the read command. My code appears to be opening the bash then immediately closing. What am I doing wrong?
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Process…
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Cannot get STD handle to AllocConsole
I've been trying to get the output handle to my console, but it doesn't seem to work. I got it to set the color of my text, but it's not changing.
HANDLE hOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
SetConsoleTextAttribute(hOut, 0x0A)
I tried to debug…
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