Drawing in a Win32 Console on C++?

Question

What is the best way to draw things in the Console Window on the Win 32 platform using C++?

I know that you can draw simple art using symbols bu

Answer 1

#include 
#include 


int main()
{
    // Get window handle to console, and device context
    HWND console_handle = GetConsoleWindow();
    HDC device_context = GetDC(console_handle);

    //Here's a 5 pixels wide RED line [from initial 0,0] to 300,300
     HPEN pen =CreatePen(PS_SOLID,5,RGB(255,0,0));
    SelectObject(device_context,pen);
    LineTo(device_context,300, 300);


    ReleaseDC(console_handle, device_context);
    cin.ignore();
    return 0;
}