Igor Delovski Board

[delovski]

Attach the console, but only if run from console

"The AttachConsole API should be suitable in this case. And if you are using
Visual C, a GUI program can access it's command-line using the __argc and
__argv global variables. "

[delovski]

Is it possible to run a console application on windows, and have it continue after user logs out?

"If the console is connected to the windowstation of the user
logging off, it is closed and the attached process dies. "

[XNote]

msdn: Sending Data Directly to a Printer

"It is sometimes necessary to bypass the driver and send printer-specific
data directly to a printer. The following code shows how this can be done for
both local and networked printers. This method can be used to replace the
PASSTHROUGH escape and SpoolFile methods."