Function name: WriteConsole

Defined in : Kernel32

Requirements : Windows NT 3.1 or later; Windows 95 or later

Declaration:

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

Parameters:

* hConsoleOutput [in] Handle to the console screen buffer to be written to. The handle must have GENERIC_WRITE access. * lpBuffer [in] Pointer to a buffer that contains characters to be written to the screen buffer. * nNumberOfCharsToWrite [in] Specifies the number of characters to write. * lpNumberOfCharsWritten [out] Pointer to a variable that receives the number of TCHARs actually written. For the ANSI version of this function, this is the number of bytes; for the Unicode version, this is the number of characters. * lpReserved Reserved; must be NULL.

Returns:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero. If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Related functions:

Examples:

Console Application