' ' This example creates a console application and requests input from user ' Private Const FOREGROUND_BLUE = &H1 Private Const FOREGROUND_GREEN = &H2 Private Const FOREGROUND_RED = &H4 Private Const BACKGROUND_BLUE = &H10 Private Const BACKGROUND_GREEN = &H20 Private Const BACKGROUND_RED = &H40 Private Const BACKGROUND_INTENSITY = &H80& Private Const BACKGROUND_SEARCH = &H20& Private Const FOREGROUND_INTENSITY = &H8& Private Const FOREGROUND_SEARCH = (&H10&) Private Const ENABLE_LINE_INPUT = &H2& Private Const ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT = &H4& Private Const ENABLE_MOUSE_INPUT = &H10& Private Const ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT = &H1& Private Const ENABLE_WINDOW_INPUT = &H8& Private Const ENABLE_PROCESSED_OUTPUT = &H1& Private Const ENABLE_WRAP_AT_EOL_OUTPUT = &H2& Private Const STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11& Private Const STD_INPUT_HANDLE = -10& Private Const STD_ERROR_HANDLE = -12& Private Const INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = -1& Private Declare Function AllocConsole Lib "kernel32" () As Long Private Declare Function FreeConsole Lib "kernel32" () As Long Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long Private Declare Function GetStdHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal nStdHandle As Long) As Long Private Declare Function WriteConsole Lib "kernel32" Alias "WriteConsoleA" (ByVal hConsoleOutput As Long, lpBuffer As Any, ByVal nNumberOfCharsToWrite As Long, lpNumberOfCharsWritten As Long, lpReserved As Any) As Long Private Declare Function ReadConsole Lib "kernel32" Alias "ReadConsoleA" (ByVal hConsoleInput As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal nNumberOfCharsToRead As Long, lpNumberOfCharsRead As Long, lpReserved As Any) As Long Private Declare Function SetConsoleTextAttribute Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hConsoleOutput As Long, ByVal wAttributes As Long) As Long Private Declare Function SetConsoleTitle Lib "kernel32" Alias "SetConsoleTitleA" (ByVal lpConsoleTitle As String) As Long Private hConsoleOut As Long, hConsoleIn As Long, hConsoleErr As Long Private Sub Form_Load() Dim s As String 'Create console If AllocConsole() Then hConsoleOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE) If hConsoleOut = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE Then MsgBox "Unable to get STDOUT" Exit Sub End If hConsoleIn = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE) If hConsoleOut = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE Then MsgBox "Unable to get STDIN" CloseHandle hConsoleOut Exit Sub End If Else MsgBox "Couldn't allocate console, quitting" End If 'Set the caption of the console window SetConsoleTitle "My console application" 'Set the background color of the text in the console to bright YELLOW text 'on a white background (combination of all red,green, blue background colors SetConsoleTextAttribute hConsoleOut, FOREGROUND_RED Or FOREGROUND_GREEN Or FOREGROUND_INTENSITY Or BACKGROUND_BLUE Or BACKGROUND_RED Or BACKGROUND_GREEN 'Write something in the console ConsoleWrite "Hi!" & vbCrLf ConsoleWrite "Please enter your name: " 'Ask for user input and show it in the caption s = ConsoleReadLine() CloseHandle hConsoleOut CloseHandle hConsoleIn FreeConsole MsgBox "You have entered : " & s End Sub Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer) 'Delete console CloseHandle hConsoleOut CloseHandle hConsoleIn FreeConsole End Sub Sub ConsoleWrite(sInput As String) Dim cWritten As Long WriteConsole hConsoleOut, ByVal sInput, Len(sInput), cWritten, ByVal 0& End Sub Function ConsoleReadLine() As String Dim ZeroPos As Long 'Create a buffer ConsoleReadLine = String(100, 0) 'Read the input ReadConsole hConsoleIn, ConsoleReadLine, Len(ConsoleReadLine), vbNull, vbNull 'Strip off trailing vbCrLf and Chr$(0)'s ZeroPos = InStr(ConsoleReadLine, Chr$(0)) If ZeroPos > 0 Then ConsoleReadLine = Left$(ConsoleReadLine, ZeroPos - 3) End Function