No console output when using AllocConsole and target architecture x86

Question

I have a WinForms project, and if the user want\'s a debug console, I allocate a console with AllocConsole().

All console output works normally with the

Answer 1

Following worked for me in vs 2015, none worked from other answers:

Source: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/profile/dmitri567/?ws=usercard-mini

using System;   
using System.Windows.Forms;   
using System.Text;   
using System.IO;   
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;   
using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;   

namespace WindowsApplication   
{   
    static class Program   
    {   
        [DllImport("kernel32.dll",   
            EntryPoint = "GetStdHandle",   
            SetLastError = true,   
            CharSet = CharSet.Auto,   
            CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]   
        private static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(int nStdHandle);   
        [DllImport("kernel32.dll",   
            EntryPoint = "AllocConsole",   
            SetLastError = true,   
            CharSet = CharSet.Auto,   
            CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]   
        private static extern int AllocConsole();   
        private const int STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11;   
        private const int MY_CODE_PAGE = 437;   

        static void Main(string[] args)   
        {   
            Console.WriteLine("This text you can see in debug output window.");   

            AllocConsole();   
            IntPtr stdHandle=GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);   
            SafeFileHandle safeFileHandle = new SafeFileHandle(stdHandle, true);   
            FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(safeFileHandle, FileAccess.Write);   
            Encoding encoding = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(MY_CODE_PAGE);   
            StreamWriter standardOutput = new StreamWriter(fileStream, encoding);   
            standardOutput.AutoFlush = true;   
            Console.SetOut(standardOutput);   

            Console.WriteLine("This text you can see in console window.");   

            MessageBox.Show("Now I'm happy!");   
        }   
    }   
}