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' This is "DosPrint.inc"
' It allows to print output to Windows console (CMD)
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' In order to work, the produced .exe needs to have its byte #221 changed to
' CHR$(3), in order to enable console mode. See http://mougino.free.fr/code/
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#INCLUDE ONCE "Win32Api.inc"
#INCLUDE ONCE "WinBase.inc"
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FUNCTION DosPrint(BYVAL sText AS STRING) AS LONG
    STATIC iTxtDone, isConsole AS LONG
    STATIC hCon AS DWORD

    IF hCon = 0 THEN hCon = GetStdHandle(BYVAL %STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)
    IF hCon = %INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE THEN
        isConsole = 1
        CALL FreeConsole()
        IF AllocConsole() THEN hCon = GetStdHandle(BYVAL %STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)
    END IF
    IF hCon <> %INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE THEN
        sText += $CRLF
        CALL WriteConsole(hCon, BYCOPY sText, LEN(sText), iTxtDone, BYVAL 0)
    END IF
    FUNCTION = isConsole
END FUNCTION
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