Console application to MFC application

Question

I was wondering if I coded a program in console mode then I want to cout everything in and MFC application, can I do that?

For example, if I had a program like

cout << "Hello World!" << endl;

Then I designed a MFC application, can I display "Hello World!" inside it? For example, like include in PHP?

Thanks!

Is this what you want to do.. Launch the console application from the MFC app and display the console app's output in a text box (or similar control) in the MFC app? And I don't get the reference to PHP "include". — Gayan, Feb 03 '11 at 07:46

Sujay Ghosh · Answer 1 · 2011-02-04T06:11:54.127

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Assuming you are using Visual Studio , you can run the console application in MFC, provided you have checked the MFC support option . This option appears when you create a new project.

EDIT

@Ashwin - one can use cout inside an MFC app - http://pastebin.com/dAwFCCWX

@MixedCoder - Heres what you need to do - http://tinypic.com/r/34jdclt/7

edited Feb 04 '11 at 06:11

answered Feb 03 '11 at 07:14

Sujay Ghosh

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@Sujay Ghosh thnks i will test it :) – Abanoub Feb 03 '11 at 07:22
@Sujay Ghosh ummm idk how to do it :S can you tell me how like ummm project>proprites or something like that :( – Abanoub Feb 03 '11 at 07:29
@Sujay:How can you output cout in a MFC application. It's not about just changing the project property from console to MFC here. – programmer Feb 04 '11 at 05:47
@Sujay:Do you mean we can use "cout" in a class derived from CDialog? – programmer Feb 04 '11 at 08:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 03 '11 at 06:54

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No you cannot. You cannot use cout in MFC App. if you want to output some value you will have to use for ex: MessageBox("Hello World", "App", MB_OK);.

answered Feb 03 '11 at 06:54

programmer

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but i will still be able to run my console program? i mean i have coded a big prgram i can run it inside the MFC – Abanoub Feb 03 '11 at 07:06

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 09:58

Using pipes would be the best option. Similar questions have been posted on this subject. Please refer How can I redirect stdout to some visible display in a Windows Application?

On the other hand, if you just want to create an MFC project, copy the code for the console app over to it, run it and expect to see the output in a window.. that would not work. You have to do some additional coding to achieve this.

Console application to MFC application

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