Console

Console allocation, standard handles, input, output, and tones.

Module: Windows

Function	Description
AllocConsole	Allocate a console for the process.
Beep	Generate a simple tone.
GetStdHandle	Retrieve a standard-device handle.
ReadConsoleA	Read narrow console characters.
WriteConsoleA	Write narrow console characters.
WriteConsoleW	Write UTF-16 console characters.

Console-specific read/write calls require console handles and fail when the standard stream is redirected. Use ReadFile and WriteFile for redirected or general-purpose handles.