Debug Console - API Description

Declarations for LibreOffice
Declarations for Microsoft Office
Function Descriptions

Declarations for LibreOffice

Private Declare Function ConsolePrint Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal text As String) As Long
Private Declare Function ConsoleColor Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal r As Byte, ByVal g As Byte, ByVal b As Byte) As Long
Private Declare Function ConsoleClear Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" () As Long
Private Declare Function ConsoleFont Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal font As String) As Long
Private Declare Function ConsoleFontSize Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal size As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function ConsoleShow Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal show As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function ConsoleCreateLog Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal name As String) As Long
Private Declare Function ConsoleStartLog Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal start As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function ConsoleShowBalloons Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal show As Long) As Long

Declarations for Microsoft Office

' Declarations for 64-bit Microsoft Office 2007-2016 and standalone version of MS 365
Private Declare PtrSafe Function ConsolePrint Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal text As String) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function ConsoleColor Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal r As Byte, ByVal g As Byte, ByVal b As Byte) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function ConsoleClear Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" () As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function ConsoleFont Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal font As String) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function ConsoleFontSize Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal size As Long) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function ConsoleShow Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal show As Long) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function ConsoleCreateLog Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal name As String) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function ConsoleStartLog Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal start As Long) As Long
Private Declare PtrSafe Function ConsoleShowBalloons Lib "ssdbgcons64.dll" (ByVal show As Long) As Long

Function Descriptions

ConsolePrint

Outputs a text string to the console window.

ConsolePrint "Text" & vbCrLf
ConsolePrint "Text2" & vbCrLf
ConsolePrint "Text3"
ConsoleClear

ConsoleColor

Sets the text color.

ConsoleColor 255, 0, 0
ConsolePrint "Text "
ConsoleColor 0, 255, 0
ConsolePrint "Text2 "
ConsoleColor 0, 0, 255
ConsolePrint "Text3"
ConsoleColor 0, 0, 0

ConsoleClear

Clears the console window.

ConsolePrint "Text" & vbCrLf
ConsolePrint "Text2"
ConsoleClear

ConsoleFont

Sets the font for a newly printed text.

ConsoleFont "System"
ConsolePrint "Text "
ConsoleFont "Arial"
ConsolePrint "Text2"

ConsoleFontSize

Sets the font size for a newly printed text.

ConsoleFontSize 20
ConsolePrint "Text "
ConsoleFontSize 16
ConsolePrint "Text2"

ConsoleShow

Shows and hides the console window.

-2 = hides the window;
-1 = minimizes the window;
0 = restores the window;
1 = makes the console window topmost;
3 = makes the windod non-topmost.

ConsoleShow 1

ConsoleCreateLog

Creates a log file and starts logging.

ConsoleCreateLog "logfile.txt"
ConsolePrint "Text"

ConsoleStartLog

Starts or stops logging to a file.

ConsoleCreateLog "logfile.txt"
ConsolePrint "Text"
ConsoleStartLog 0
ConsolePrint "Text2"
ConsoleStartLog 1
ConsolePrint "Text3"

ConsoleShowBalloons

Enables showing balloons in the system tray. Balloons appear only when the console window is hidden.

ConsoleShow -2
ConsoleShowBalloons 1
ConsolePrint "Text" The user is seeing tray balloons instead of the console window.

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