Different console window for different threads

Question

I want to create two different console windows for two different threads running in a single process. I know that only one console window is allocated per process. So even though I create multiple threads, all the threads use the same console window as STDOUT. What should I do now? Do I need to create two different processes for two different functions? If so how can I access the memory on one process from another?

Answer 1

The AllocConsole function states "A process can be associated with only one console, so the AllocConsole function fails if the calling process already has a console."; a process can ony be attached to a single console. Your desire can only be accomplished by multiple processes. The inter-process communication for such a purpose can be best implemented by using pipes (See "How to spawn console processes with redirected standard handles" as a starter). This way you may open a number of processes, each of which with a console, and "pipe" the I/O from/to them.