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Frequently Asked Questions

Generating a Windows Console Application

Question:

How do I generate a Windows Console Application?

Answer:

Create a new application, then, from the View... Menu option,

start the "Project Manager", and remove all units from the project.  

When asked if you would like to save, Click on the 'NO' button.

Then from the View... menu option, select "Project Source" and edit

it so it looks like the below example. Note: You can add and use

additional units, so long as you do not use any VCL components.



Example:



program Project1;



uses

  Windows;



{$R *.RES}



begin

  Writeln('A Console Applicaiton');

  SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(

                          STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),

                          FOREGROUND_RED OR             

                          BACKGROUND_BLUE);

  Writeln('Red text on a blue background ');

  SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),

                          FOREGROUND_BLUE OR BACKGROUND_RED);

  writeln('Blue text on a red background ');

{White text on black background}

  SetConsoleTextAttribute(        GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),

                          FOREGROUND_RED OR

                          FOREGROUND_GREEN OR

                          FOREGROUND_BLUE);

  Writeln('Press Enter To End');

  Readln;

end.

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