How to embed a Console application inside a Winforms application

Question

I'm developing an application which acts as a GUI for Minecraft Server (runs as a console Java application).

I have finished it and I also want to add a console inside the Winforms application because I want to give users more control over the program. But using streams (Process.StandardOutput) I can't simulate a console as it sometimes changes the cursor position, clears the console, etc...

So, I want to embed the process into the application somehow. The first solution I tried was removing the borders and positioning it accordingly to the form's position but unfortunately I couldn't do it.

Any working code snippets would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

You cannot target both subsystem gui and console in the same module ( msdn ).

Instead, you could add a separate console application that uses SOAP to communicate with your application. Take a look at WCF to achieve this task.