Console.Clear()

[Just Me]

I am writing a small windows applicationa and I am writing console.writeline
data to the console window. But i wanted to clear the area before writing to
the window.

I found the console.clear method, but when I run it it fails with an
uinhandled exception and the exception is that it does not have the handle
to the window.

IM assuming, I need to determine the console windo handle, but Im not sure,
has anyone used this, can point me in the right direction.
Thanks a million

[rowe_newsgroups]

On Sep 17, 4:56 am, "Just Me" <news.microsoft.comwrote:

I am writing a small windows applicationa and I am writing console.writeline
data to the console window. But i wanted to clear the area before writing to
the window.

I found the console.clear method, but when I run it it fails with an
uinhandled exception and the exception is that it does not have the handle
to the window.

IM assuming, I need to determine the console windo handle, but Im not sure,
has anyone used this, can point me in the right direction.

Thanks a million

I'm not sure I follow you - I can use Console.Clear with no problems:

////////////////////////
Module Module1

Sub Main()
For i As Integer = 0 To 5
Console.WriteLine("hello world {0}", i.ToString())
Next i

System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000)

Console.Clear()

Console.WriteLine("Console Cleared")

Console.Read()
End Sub

End Module
////////////////////////

The above runs with no problems for me - is it throwing an exception
for you? If not please post a small but complete code sample that can
reproduce the error for me.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

[Just Me]

Yes, but you are using a console application. I am viewing the output window
in windows forms application.


"rowe_newsgroups" <ro********@yahoo.comwrote in message
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On Sep 17, 4:56 am, "Just Me" <news.microsoft.comwrote:

>I am writing a small windows applicationa and I am writing
console.writeline
data to the console window. But i wanted to clear the area before writing
to
the window.

I found the console.clear method, but when I run it it fails with an
uinhandled exception and the exception is that it does not have the
handle
to the window.

IM assuming, I need to determine the console windo handle, but Im not
sure,
has anyone used this, can point me in the right direction.

Thanks a million

I'm not sure I follow you - I can use Console.Clear with no problems:

////////////////////////
Module Module1

Sub Main()
For i As Integer = 0 To 5
Console.WriteLine("hello world {0}", i.ToString())
Next i

System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000)

Console.Clear()

Console.WriteLine("Console Cleared")

Console.Read()
End Sub

End Module
////////////////////////

The above runs with no problems for me - is it throwing an exception
for you? If not please post a small but complete code sample that can
reproduce the error for me.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

[rowe_newsgroups]

On Sep 18, 4:13 am, "Just Me" <news.microsoft.comwrote:

Yes, but you are using a console application. I am viewing the output window
in windows forms application.

"rowe_newsgroups" <[e-mail] in message

news:11*********************@k79g2000hse.googlegro ups.com...

On Sep 17, 4:56 am, "Just Me" <news.microsoft.comwrote:

I am writing a small windows applicationa and I am writing
console.writeline
data to the console window. But i wanted to clear the area before writing
to
the window.

I found the console.clear method, but when I run it it fails with an
uinhandled exception and the exception is that it does not have the
handle
to the window.

IM assuming, I need to determine the console windo handle, but Im not
sure,
has anyone used this, can point me in the right direction.

Thanks a million

I'm not sure I follow you - I can use Console.Clear with no problems:

////////////////////////
Module Module1

Sub Main()
For i As Integer = 0 To 5
Console.WriteLine("hello world {0}", i.ToString())
Next i

System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000)

Console.Clear()

Console.WriteLine("Console Cleared")

Console.Read()
End Sub

End Module
////////////////////////

The above runs with no problems for me - is it throwing an exception
for you? If not please post a small but complete code sample that can
reproduce the error for me.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

Alright, would you mind posting some code that I can use to replicate
the problem?

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

[Just Me]

sure. its a vb.net windows applicaiton with one form.

'//In a button handler

console.clear()
console.writeline("Hello World")
'// Thats it.

Cheers
"rowe_newsgroups" <ro********@yahoo.comwrote in message
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On Sep 18, 4:13 am, "Just Me" <news.microsoft.comwrote:

>Yes, but you are using a console application. I am viewing the output
window
in windows forms application.

"rowe_newsgroups" <[e-mail] in message

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On Sep 17, 4:56 am, "Just Me" <news.microsoft.comwrote:
I am writing a small windows applicationa and I am writing
console.writeline
data to the console window. But i wanted to clear the area before
writing
to
the window.

>I found the console.clear method, but when I run it it fails with an
uinhandled exception and the exception is that it does not have the
handle
to the window.

>IM assuming, I need to determine the console windo handle, but Im not
sure,
has anyone used this, can point me in the right direction.

>Thanks a million

I'm not sure I follow you - I can use Console.Clear with no problems:

////////////////////////
Module Module1

Sub Main()
For i As Integer = 0 To 5
Console.WriteLine("hello world {0}", i.ToString())
Next i

System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000)

Console.Clear()

Console.WriteLine("Console Cleared")

Console.Read()
End Sub

End Module
////////////////////////

The above runs with no problems for me - is it throwing an exception
for you? If not please post a small but complete code sample that can
reproduce the error for me.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

Alright, would you mind posting some code that I can use to replicate
the problem?

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

[rowe_newsgroups]

I allways use console as a diagnostic tool. Its found often in the examples.

Its just that It would be nice to clear the console window, this method was
never available in 1.x of the framework. Dont worry about it, if you dont
know, its not the end of the earth.

What?

One of us is very confused. The Console does not exist in windows
forms, therefore you cannot write to it and you can't clear it. Sure
you can call "Console.WriteLine("Hello World")" but that does nothing
since the console doesn't exist. If you want to have the console you
have to create it like I showed you in my previous code sample.

My question is how do you use the console as a diagnostic tool for
Windows forms when it doesn't exist by default? When you call
Console.WriteLine() where is the text showing up? Are you sure you
aren't talking about Visual Studio's Output window and not the
Console?

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

[Michael D. Ober]

In a dotNet 2.0 Windows Forms application, you need to explicitly allocate
the console before any of the Console class methods will work. Otherwise,
they throw exceptions.

If you'd like, I'll post my Console helper class, which has an option to
hide the form that calls it.

Mike.

"Just Me" <news.microsoft.comwrote in message
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sure. its a vb.net windows applicaiton with one form.

'//In a button handler

console.clear()
console.writeline("Hello World")
'// Thats it.

Cheers

[Just Me]

Im interested to see what u did,

Thanks...


"Michael D. Ober" <obermd.@.alum.mit.edu.nospamwrote in message
news:13*************@corp.supernews.com...

In a dotNet 2.0 Windows Forms application, you need to explicitly allocate
the console before any of the Console class methods will work. Otherwise,
they throw exceptions.

If you'd like, I'll post my Console helper class, which has an option to
hide the form that calls it.

Mike.

"Just Me" <news.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:uv******************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>sure. its a vb.net windows applicaiton with one form.

'//In a button handler

console.clear()
console.writeline("Hello World")
'// Thats it.

Cheers