// maximum mumber of lines the output console should have
static const WORD MAX_CONSOLE_LINES = 500;
class ConsoleWindow
{
public:
ConsoleWindow::ConsoleWindow(void)
{
int hConHandle;
long lStdHandle;
CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO coninfo;
FILE *fp;
// allocate a console for this app
AllocConsole();
// set the screen buffer to be big enough to let us scroll text
GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),&coninfo);
coninfo.dwSize.Y = MAX_CONSOLE_LINES;
SetConsoleScreenBufferSize(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),coninfo.dwSize);
// redirect unbuffered STDOUT to the console
lStdHandle = (long)GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
hConHandle = _open_osfhandle(lStdHandle, _O_TEXT);