public static void CreateConsole()
{
//(see desmume for the basis of some of this logic)
if (hasConsole)
{
return;
}
if (oldOut == IntPtr.Zero)
{
oldOut = Win32.GetStdHandle(-11); //STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE
}
Win32.FileType fileType = Win32.GetFileType(oldOut);
//stdout is already connected to something. keep using it and dont let the console interfere
shouldRedirectStdout = (fileType == Win32.FileType.FileTypeUnknown || fileType == Win32.FileType.FileTypePipe);
//attach to an existing console
attachedConsole = false;
//ever since a recent KB, XP-based systems glitch out when attachconsole is called and theres no console to attach to.
if (Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major != 5)
{
if (Win32.AttachConsole(-1))
{
hasConsole = true;
attachedConsole = true;
}
}
if (!attachedConsole)
{
Win32.FreeConsole();
if (Win32.AllocConsole())
{
//set icons for the console so we can tell them apart from the main window
Win32.SendMessage(Win32.GetConsoleWindow(), 0x0080 /*WM_SETICON*/, (IntPtr)0 /*ICON_SMALL*/, Properties.Resources.console16x16.GetHicon());
Win32.SendMessage(Win32.GetConsoleWindow(), 0x0080 /*WM_SETICON*/, (IntPtr)1 /*ICON_LARGE*/, Properties.Resources.console32x32.GetHicon());
hasConsole = true;
}
else
{
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(string.Format("Couldn't allocate win32 console: {0}", Marshal.GetLastWin32Error()));
}
}
if (hasConsole)
{
IntPtr ptr = Win32.GetCommandLine();
string commandLine = Marshal.PtrToStringAuto(ptr);
Console.Title = SkipEverythingButProgramInCommandLine(commandLine);
}
if (shouldRedirectStdout)
{
conOut = Win32.CreateFile("CONOUT$", 0x40000000, 2, IntPtr.Zero, 3, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
if (!Win32.SetStdHandle(-11, conOut))
{
throw new Exception("SetStdHandle() failed");
}
}
//DotNetRewireConout();
hasConsole = true;
if (attachedConsole)
{
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("use cmd /c {0} to get more sensible console behaviour", Path.GetFileName(PathManager.GetBasePathAbsolute()));
}
}