STD Console DLL

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mk2y10 (Posted 2013) [#1]

I am not sure if there are any out there, but I had trouble finding a dll that printed to a console using std. Because I had a hard time, I decided to post my own, so people do not have to look too far... The special thing about this one is that you can listen to keys that are pressed when the console window is active. This means you can see live keystrokes outside input commands. This works for both Blitz+ and Blitz3D... but, this disables Blitz+'s console outputs like print and input. The Blitz+ console also can not be visible when allocating a new console. Play around and you will see what I mean... Here is example code: ;stdio.dll Console Example... ;First, make us a console... AllocConsole() ;Next, write to it... Console_Write("Enter a line:"+Chr(10)) ;Ask for a line of input... A$=Console_Input() ;Print out what then entered... Console_Write("You entered '"+A$+"'"+Chr(10)+Chr(10)) ;Now, try asking for an int... Console_Write("Enter a int:"+Chr(10)) ;Print out what they entered... I = Console_GetInt() Console_Write("You entered "+I+Chr(10)+Chr(10)) ;Now, try asking for a float... Console_Write("Enter a float:"+Chr(10)) ;Again, print it out... F# = Console_GetFloat() Console_Write("You entered:"+F#+Chr(10)+Chr(10)) ;Now, Let's read one character at a time! Console_Write("Enter a line of text 10 chars long (no spaces!):"+Chr(10)) ;Loop through what they type For Q=1 To 10 C=Console_GetChar() Console_Write(Chr(C)) Next Console_Write(Chr(10)+Chr(10)) ;Read in one word at a time... Console_Write("Enter two words:"+Chr(10)) W1$=Console_Read() Console_Write("Word one is: "+W1$+Chr(10)) W2$=Console_Read() Console_Write("Word two is: "+W2$+Chr(10)+Chr(10)) ;Lastly, listen to the key input on the console and print it out! Console_Write("Type what ever you want here! Press 'Backspace' when you are done!"+Chr(10)) While True Key = Console_GetKey() If Key=8 Then Exit If Key<>-1 Console_Write(Chr(key)) EndIf Wend Console_Write(Chr(10)+Chr(10)) ;Call the system command 'Pause' System("Pause") Here is an example of the console run: Enter a line: Hello World! You entered 'Hello World!' Enter a int: 12345 You entered 12345 Enter a float: 3.14159 You entered:3.14159 Enter a line of text 10 chars long (no spaces!): ILIKECHEES ILIKECHEES Enter two words: Google Facebook Word one is: Google Word two is: Facebook Type what ever you want here! Press 'Backspace' when you are done! SDfsdfsdshdshidhfllsdopeosjfhenfdf:":":":":": GERGGGGGGGG DFsdhsidhis123 Press any key to continue . . . Here is the decls file: (stdio.decls) .lib "stdio.dll" AllocConsole%():"_dll_AllocConsole@0" Console_Write%( str$ ):"_dll_cout@4" Console_GetKey%():"_dll_getkey@0" Console_Input$():"_dll_cin_line@0" Console_GetChar%():"_dll_cin_char@0" Console_GetInt%():"_dll_cin_int@0" Console_GetFloat#():"_dll_cin_float@0" Console_Read$():"_dll_cin@0" System%( Command$ ):"_dll_system@4" Here is the download link (GoogleDocs): https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B6pj3BX41-7-YUNBdXZDdUNCNXc/edit?usp=sharing Please let me know what you think, and of any bugs or improvements. -----Edit------ Here is something else I found: If you use the CreateProcess() in Blitz+, you CAN talk to another blitz+ application that has NOT allocated a console by using the console commands! So, if you have a program (say a plug-in or something) that you want to talk to, you would not allocate a console, but instead, you would simply use the console commands to read/send data through the program's default stream. You would still use the ReadLine,WriteLine,ect.. in the program that created the process tho.