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[Scottie1972]

has anyone come up with a why to create a Fake CMD Terminal that will accept string arguments?
if so please share. i could use a good working example.

i ask cause i am trying to create a game, well rather re-create a game and i need a "fake" command propmt to allow for command inputs.

[mandai]

I suppose you could just use Console.Write and Console.WriteLine to simulate the output from a command prompt.
You can use Console.ReadLine to store the arguments.

If you are using a Forms based application then you can use the AllocConsole function to display the console window.

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    <DllImport("kernel32.dll")> Shared Function AllocConsole() As Boolean
    End Function

    <DllImport("kernel32.dll")> Shared Function FreeConsole() As Boolean
    End Function

    Sub consoleThread()

        AllocConsole()

        While True

            Console.WriteLine("test")

            Dim input As String = Console.ReadLine()

        End While

    End Sub

    Dim t As Thread = New Thread(AddressOf consoleThread)

    Private Sub btnConsole_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnConsole.Click

        '2nd thread needed so it doesn't freeze up the GUI on ReadLine
        t.Start()

    End Sub

[Scottie1972]

I suppose you could just use Console.Write and Console.WriteLine to simulate the output from a command prompt.
You can use Console.ReadLine to store the arguments.

If you are using a Forms based application then you can use the AllocConsole function to display the console window.

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    <DllImport("kernel32.dll")> Shared Function AllocConsole() As Boolean
    End Function

    <DllImport("kernel32.dll")> Shared Function FreeConsole() As Boolean
    End Function

    Sub consoleThread()

        AllocConsole()

        While True

            Console.WriteLine("test")

            Dim input As String = Console.ReadLine()

        End While

    End Sub

    Dim t As Thread = New Thread(AddressOf consoleThread)

    Private Sub btnConsole_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnConsole.Click

        '2nd thread needed so it doesn't freeze up the GUI on ReadLine
        t.Start()

    End Sub

this is kinda of what i am thinking.
but instead of a consoleFree opening,
it would be more like a usercontrol with a label (for output) and a textbox for input.