Display the console during execution

metronom

Once I exported a program (in my case for win x32/64, if it matters), can I/how do I make the console visible while running it? What I mean with console, to be clear, is that pointed by the giant red arrow.

PhiLho

It is not possible, AFAIK.
After export, you get a Windows GUI application, these applications doesn't output data to a console.
One mean I used is to use a kind of logger, appending text to a file.

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~philho/+junk/Processing/view/head:/_SmallPrograms/Email/Logger.java

metronom

Hm yeah, could expect this, thx for the code...any chance I can still create sorta textboxs or similar on the GUI and get my strings there? Would be easier for users yknow.

TfGuy44

Certainly. Just display it in the window using text().

String fakeConsole = "";
void Println(String in){
  println(in);
  fakeConsole = fakeConsole + "\n" + in;
}

void setup(){ size(400,400); }
void draw(){
  background(0);
  pushMatrix();
  // Your drawing here.
  popMatrix();
  fill(255);
  text(fakeConsole, 20, 20, width-40, height-40);
}

int mouseCounter = 0;
void mousePressed(){
  mouseCounter++;
  Println( "You have pressed the mouse " + mouseCounter + " time(s)." );
}

metronom

Awesome, thank you.

metronom

One thing only: the piece of that code I need is basically the void setup {...} + void draw{...} assuming that I don't need outputs based on mousepressed like in your example? I mean, the rest of the code displays on the console which is of no use for what I want, right?

GoToLoop

You can use ACM Java Task Force library ("acm.jar") in order to get a graphics console: B-)
http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/jtf/

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"library.properties":

name = acm category=Framework sentence=ACM Java Task Force authorList=[JTF](http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/jtf/) url=http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/jtf/acm.jar version=2 prettyVersion = 1.99.1 (2008-Sep-20)

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import acm.program.ConsoleProgram;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

void setup() {
  new ACMButton().start(args);
  //Thread.currentThread().suspend();
}

void draw() {
  background(0);
  text("Frames: " + frameCount, width>>3, height>>1);
}

class ACMButton extends ConsoleProgram {
  static final String BTN_LABEL  = "Hi";
  static final String FONT_NAME  = "DejaVu Sans";
  static final String FONT_STYLE = "BOLD";
  static final short  FONT_SIZE  = 24;

  void init() {
    setFont(FONT_NAME + "-" + FONT_STYLE + "-" + FONT_SIZE);
    add(new JButton(BTN_LABEL), SOUTH);
    addActionListeners();

    println(getTitle());
    println(acm.util.Platform.getJTFVersion());
    println();
  }

  void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    String cmd = e.getActionCommand();
    if (BTN_LABEL.equals(cmd))  println("Hello there!");
  }
}

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