public static char[,] ReadConsoleRaw()
{
NativeInterface.CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO screenBufferInfo = ConsoleInterface.getScreenBufferInfo();
NativeInterface.SMALL_RECT readRegion = default(NativeInterface.SMALL_RECT);
readRegion.Right = screenBufferInfo.dwSize.X;
readRegion.Bottom = (short)(screenBufferInfo.dwCursorPosition.Y + 1); // read all lines from the top of the screen buffer to the current cursor position (inclusive)
NativeInterface.CHAR_INFO[] charInfos = new NativeInterface.CHAR_INFO[screenBufferInfo.dwSize.X * screenBufferInfo.dwSize.Y];
using (SafeHandle hConsoleOutput = ConsoleInterface.getConsoleOutputHandle())
{
ConsoleInterface.callWin32Func(() => NativeInterface.ReadConsoleOutput(hConsoleOutput, charInfos, screenBufferInfo.dwSize, default(NativeInterface.COORD), ref readRegion));
}
char[,] output = new char[screenBufferInfo.dwSize.X, readRegion.Bottom];
for (int y = 0; y < readRegion.Bottom; y++)
{
for (int x = 0; x < screenBufferInfo.dwSize.X; x++)
{
output[x, y] = charInfos[y * screenBufferInfo.dwSize.X + x].UnicodeChar;
}
}
return(output);
}
public static void ClearConsole()
{
using (SafeHandle hConsoleOutput = ConsoleInterface.getConsoleOutputHandle())
{
// get dimensions of the screen buffer
NativeInterface.CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO screenBufferInfo = ConsoleInterface.getScreenBufferInfo();
int charsToWrite = screenBufferInfo.dwSize.X * screenBufferInfo.dwSize.Y;
int charsWritten;
ConsoleInterface.callWin32Func(() => NativeInterface.FillConsoleOutputCharacter(hConsoleOutput, ConsoleInterface.SPACE_CHAR, charsToWrite, default(NativeInterface.COORD), out charsWritten));
ConsoleInterface.callWin32Func(() => NativeInterface.SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsoleOutput, default(NativeInterface.COORD)));
}
}