Example redirecting cout/stdout to allocated terminal in GUI programs.

#include "rang.hpp"

#include <windows.h> #include

void BindStdHandlesToConsole() { //TODO: Add Error checking.

// Redirect the CRT standard input, output, and error handles to the console
freopen("CONIN$", "r", stdin);
freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stderr);
freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout);

// Note that there is no CONERR$ file
HANDLE hStdout = CreateFile("CONOUT$",  GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
                            NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
HANDLE hStdin = CreateFile("CONIN$",  GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
                            NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);

SetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE,hStdout);
SetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE,hStdout);
SetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE,hStdin);

//Clear the error state for each of the C++ standard stream objects. 
std::wclog.clear();
std::clog.clear();
std::wcout.clear();
std::cout.clear();
std::wcerr.clear();
std::cerr.clear();
std::wcin.clear();
std::cin.clear();

}

INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE,HINSTANCE,PSTR,INT) { // I want to create console terminal for GUI application

// Allocate new console for app:
AllocConsole();

// Redirect stderr/stdout/stdin to new console
BindStdHandlesToConsole();

using namespace std;
using namespace rang;

// Because rang use static values it means that all redirections should be done 
// before calling rang functions.

// Visual test for background colors
cout << bg::green
     << "This text has green background." << bg::reset << endl
     << bg::red << "This text has red background." << bg::reset << endl
     << bg::black << "This text has black background." << bg::reset << endl
     << bg::yellow << "This text has yellow background." << bg::reset
     << endl
     << bg::blue << "This text has blue background." << bg::reset << endl
     << bg::magenta << "This text has magenta background." << bg::reset
     << endl
     << bg::cyan << "This text has cyan background." << bg::reset << endl
     << bg::gray << fg::black << "This text has gray background."
     << bg::reset << style::reset << endl

     << endl

     // Visual test for foreground colors
     << fg::green << "This text has green color." << fg::reset << endl
     << fg::red << "This text has red color." << fg::reset << endl
     << fg::black << bg::gray << "This text has black color." << fg::reset
     << bg::reset << endl
     << fg::yellow << "This text has yellow color." << fg::reset << endl
     << fg::blue << "This text has blue color." << fg::reset << endl
     << fg::magenta << "This text has magenta color." << fg::reset << endl
     << fg::cyan << "This text has cyan color." << fg::reset << endl
     << fg::gray << "This text has gray color." << style::reset << endl

     << endl

     // Visual test for bright background colors
     << bgB::green << fg::black << "This text has bright green background."
     << style::reset << endl
     << bgB::red << "This text has bright red background." << style::reset
     << endl
     << bgB::black << "This text has bright black background."
     << style::reset << endl
     << bgB::yellow << fg::black
     << "This text has bright yellow background." << style::reset << endl
     << bgB::blue << "This text has bright blue background." << style::reset
     << endl
     << bgB::magenta << "This text has bright magenta background."
     << style::reset << endl
     << bgB::cyan << "This text has bright cyan background." << style::reset
     << endl
     << bgB::gray << fg::black << "This text has bright gray background."
     << style::reset << style::reset << endl

     << endl

     // Visual test for bright foreground colors
     << fgB::green << "This text has bright green color." << endl
     << fgB::red << "This text has bright red color." << endl
     << fgB::black << "This text has bright black color." << endl
     << fgB::yellow << "This text has bright yellow color." << endl
     << fgB::blue << "This text has bright blue color." << endl
     << fgB::magenta << "This text has bright magenta color." << endl
     << fgB::cyan << "This text has bright cyan color." << endl
     << fgB::gray << "This text has bright gray color." << style::reset
     << endl

     << endl

     // Visual test for text effects
     << style::bold << "This text is bold." << style::reset << endl
     << style::dim << "This text is dim." << style::reset << endl
     << style::italic << "This text is italic." << style::reset << endl
     << style::underline << "This text is underlined." << style::reset
     << endl
     << style::blink << "This text text has blink effect." << style::reset
     << endl
     << style::rblink << "This text text has rapid blink effect."
     << style::reset << endl
     << style::reversed << "This text is reversed." << style::reset << endl
     << style::conceal << "This text is concealed." << style::reset << endl
     << style::crossed << "This text is crossed."
     << style::reset << endl;

cin.get();

return 0;

}