Problem with the SetConsoleCursorPosition() function - c++

Question

I need a hand because I can't get the SetConsoleCursorPosition () function to work, I made a dll project and then I allocated the console with its main functions (cout and cin), but I don't know how to make that function work as well , in the sense that I do not go to the line that I have set, as the code ignored that instruction
void consolerefresh()
{
static const HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
COORD coord = { (SHORT)0, (SHORT)10 };
SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, coord);
for (int i = 0; i < (sizeof(last) / sizeof(last[0])); i++)
{
if (last[i] != 2) {
cout << last[i] << endl;
}
}
}
My allocConsole code:
void createconsole()
{
AllocConsole();
FILE* fDummy;
freopen_s(&fDummy, "CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
freopen_s(&fDummy, "CONOUT$", "w", stderr);
freopen_s(&fDummy, "CONIN$", "r", stdin);
std::cout.clear();
std::clog.clear();
std::cerr.clear();
std::cin.clear();
}
EDIT: I fixed the error in the code but it still doesn't work.

Answer 1

Per SetConsoleCursorPosition, the first argument must be "a handle to the console screen buffer". Per GetStdHandle, the handle to the active console screen buffer is returned by STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, not STD_INPUT_HANDLE which is the handle to the console input buffer.
Using the correct handle will get SetConsoleCursorPosition to work as expected.
HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE); // instead of STD_INPUT_HANDLE
[ EDIT ]   The following was verified to work in VS 2019 using a default wizard-generated Win app with the following code added around wWinMain.
//... wizard generated code
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
void consolerefresh()
{
static const HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
COORD coord = { 5, 5 };
SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, coord);
std::cout << "at (5, 5)" << std::endl;
}
void createconsole()
{
AllocConsole();
FILE* fDummy;
freopen_s(&fDummy, "CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
}
int APIENTRY wWinMain(_In_ HINSTANCE hInstance,
_In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
_In_ LPWSTR lpCmdLine,
_In_ int nCmdShow)
{
createconsole();
consolerefresh();
UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(hPrevInstance);
//... rest of wizard generated code
Running the program creates a console window and displays the following.