Working on the subject I found a even simpler way to create a console window from within a class module. It requires two p/invoke functions from kernel32 and than Console.WriteLine () will do! It goes like this... bool b = AllocConsole (); Console.WriteLine ("This..."); Console.WriteLine ("...That"); bool b = FreeConsole (); Aad Aad Slingerland Zevenaar The Netherlands

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