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1.1       root        1: #include <windows.h>
                      2: #include <stdio.h>
                      3: #include "console.h"
                      4: 
1.1.1.2 ! root        5: /* Microsoft Developer Support
        !             6:    Copyright (c) 1992 Microsoft Corporation */
        !             7: 
1.1       root        8: /*********************************************************************
                      9: * FUNCTION: demoAllocFree(HANDLE hConOld, HANDLE *hConOut)           *
                     10: *                                                                    *
                     11: * PURPOSE: demonstrate FreeConsole & AllocConsole. Free the console  *
                     12: *          and allocate a new one                                    *
                     13: *                                                                    *
                     14: * INPUT: the current console output handle and a temporary 'scratch' *
                     15: *        console handle                                              *
                     16: *********************************************************************/
                     17: 
                     18: void demoAllocFree(HANDLE hConOld, HANDLE *hConOut)
                     19: {
                     20:   BOOL bSuccess;
                     21: 
                     22:   setConTitle(__FILE__);
                     23:   myPuts(hConOld, "Let's free the current console with FreeConsole. It will\n"
                     24:                   "disappear for 3 seconds, then we'll allocate a new one.\n"
                     25:                   "with AllocConsole. Hit return to continue...");
                     26:   myGetchar();
                     27:   bSuccess = FreeConsole();
                     28:   if (!bSuccess)
                     29:     Beep(600, 500);  /* can't output an error message now! */
                     30:   Sleep(3000);
                     31:   bSuccess = AllocConsole();
                     32:   if (!bSuccess)
                     33:     Beep(600, 500);
                     34:   *hConOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
                     35:   /* set our console text attribute */
                     36:   bSuccess = SetConsoleTextAttribute(*hConOut, FOREGROUND_CYAN);
                     37:   PERR(bSuccess, "SetConsoleTextAttribute");
                     38:   myPuts(*hConOut, "This is a new console that we've allocated with AllocConsole.");
                     39:   Sleep(2000);
                     40:   /* must refresh the screen since we've replaced the console */
                     41:   showConAPIs(*hConOut);
                     42:   return;
                     43: }

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