Substitute Console window by Windows Forms - c++

Question

I have created a Win32 Console Application project in Visual Studio 2012 C++.
How can I substitute the Console window by a more appealing GUI like Windows Forms?
int32_t main(int32_t argc, char* argv[])
{
const char *date = "20150428_1\\";
int mode=0;
_CallServerPtr pCallServer;
uint32_t start_address_comp=0;
uint32_t start_address_module=0;
const char* xmlFile_tx_dbb="tx_dbb.xml";;
char str[100] = "\0";
char localeStr[64];
memset(localeStr, 0, sizeof localeStr);
const char *l_path = "..\\XERCES\\Configs\\";
std::string buf = "";
double Fsym_Hz=(1/1.15)*1e9;
int selection=0;
int user_selection=0;
try
{
if (strlen(localeStr))
{
XMLPlatformUtils::Initialize(localeStr);
}
else
{
XMLPlatformUtils::Initialize();
}
}
catch (const XMLException& toCatch)
{
XERCES_STD_QUALIFIER cerr << "Error during initialization! :\n"
<< StrX(toCatch.getMessage()) << XERCES_STD_QUALIFIER endl;
}
static const XMLCh gLS[] = { chLatin_L, chLatin_S, chNull };
DOMImplementation *impl = DOMImplementationRegistry::getDOMImplementation(gLS);
DOMLSParser *parser = ((DOMImplementationLS*)impl)->createLSParser(DOMImplementationLS::MODE_SYNCHRONOUS, 0);
DOMConfiguration *config = parser->getDomConfig();
DOMLSSerializer *theSerializer = ((DOMImplementationLS*)impl)->createLSSerializer();
DOMLSOutput *theOutputDesc = ((DOMImplementationLS*)impl)->createLSOutput();
config->setParameter(XMLUni::fgDOMDatatypeNormalization, true);
DOMCountErrorHandler errorHandler;
config->setParameter(XMLUni::fgDOMErrorHandler, &errorHandler);
XERCES_STD_QUALIFIER ifstream fin;
//reset error count first
errorHandler.resetErrors();*/
// reset document pool
parser->resetDocumentPool();
char* pszHostname = NULL;
pSaIn = 0;
pSaOut = 0;
// Initialize the COM Library
CoInitialize(NULL);
if (!pszHostname)
{
// Create the CallServer server object on the local computer
pCallServer.CreateInstance(CLSID_CallServer);
}
if (pCallServer == NULL)
throw "Failed to create the CallableVEE CallServer object";
// Load the VEE User Function library
char strpath[256];
strcpy (strpath,reposity_path);
strcat (strpath,l_path_vee);
_bstr_t bstrLibPath(strpath);
LibraryPtr pLib = pCallServer->GetLibraries()->Load(bstrLibPath);
// Print out the names of the UserFunctions in this library.
UserFunctionsPtr pUserFuncColl = pLib->GetUserFunctions();
VARIANT_BOOL bDebug = VARIANT_FALSE;
pCallServer->PutDebug(bDebug);
// Variables added by ivi
float *freq =(float *)_aligned_malloc(6,16); // Read frequency vector
// Previous variables
int32_t devIdx;
int32_t modeClock;
int32_t ifType;
const char *devType;
char fpga_device_type[32];
int32_t rc;
int32_t ref_clk=0;
uint32_t carrier=0;
uint32_t odelay_dac0 = 0;
uint32_t odelay_dac1 = 0;
// Parse the application arguments
if(argc!=5) {
printf("Usage: FMCxxxApp.exe {interface type} {device type} {device index} {clock mode} \n\n");
printf(" {interface type} can be either 0 (PCI) or 1 (Ethernet). At CEIT, we use 1 (Ethernet).\n");
printf(" {device type} is a string defining the target hardware (VP680, ML605, ...). At CEIT, we use VC707.\n");
printf(" {device index} is a PCI index or an Ethernet interface index. This value depends on the PC.\n");
printf(" {clock mode} can be either 0 (Int. Clock) or 1 (Ext. Clock)\n");
printf("\n");
printf("\n");
printf("Example: Fmc230APP.exe 1 VC707 0 0\n");
printf("\n");
printf("\n");
printf(" List of NDIS interfaces found in the system {device index}:\n");
printf(" -----------------------------------------------------------\n");
if(sipif_getdeviceenumeration(API_ENUM_DISPLAY)!=SIPIF_ERR_OK) {
printf("Could not obtain NDIS(Ethernet) device enumeration...\n Check if the 4dspnet driver installed or if the service started?\n");
printf("You can discard this error if you do not have any Ethernet based product in use.");
}
if( EXIT_IF_ERRORS)
{
sipif_free();
system("pause");
return -1;
}
...
}

Answer 1

You mean to have the same code in windows forms. That won't work. The printf and other commands work only in a console application. You must to create a windows form application and rewrite the code for it. You must rewrite all commands that don't work in a windows form application. There probably exists a conversion application, but for this short code I think it's better to rewrite it.