Using the console in a GUI app in windows, only if its run from a console

Question

My application is a GUI app that has helpful (though optional) information through the terminal (via cout).

In Windows I either have a console appear (by compiling a

Answer 1

you can create an application in console that get a line using argc and prints it;

////
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    //here print argv....using cout or printf
}

save the file as console.exe in the folder of your app. now in your app if you want to see any line in console you can call the command

system("console.exe this is the line i want to print and see in console");