C++ AttachConsole include error

Question

How can I include AttachConsole? I always get "was not declared in this scope" error.

I found this "To compile an application that uses this function, define _WIN32_WINNT as 0x0501 or later. For more information, see Using the Windows Headers." on Microsoft MSDN website , but not working.

#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>

#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0502

int main() {
    AttachConsole(8336);
}

Answer 1

Of course you need to define _WIN32_WINNT to be >= 0x0501, but you need to do so before including the Windows headers, else it will have no effect whatsoever.

Do this instead:

#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>

#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0502
#include <windows.h>

int main() {
    AttachConsole(8336);
}