Console.OpenStandardOutput Method (Int32)
Acquires the standard output stream, which is set to a specified buffer size.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
[HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, UI = true)] public static Stream OpenStandardOutput( int bufferSize )
Parameters
- bufferSize
- Type: System.Int32
The internal stream buffer size.
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| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | bufferSize is less than or equal to zero. |
This method can be used to reacquire the standard output stream after it has been changed by the SetOut method.
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The HostProtectionAttribute attribute applied to this type or member has the following Resources property value: UI. The HostProtectionAttribute does not affect desktop applications (which are typically started by double-clicking an icon, typing a command, or entering a URL in a browser). For more information, see the HostProtectionAttribute class or SQL Server Programming and Host Protection Attributes. |
The following example illustrates the use of the OpenStandardOutput method. It replaces four consecutive space characters in a string with a tab character. To run it, you must supply two command line arguments. The first is the name of an existing text file to redirect the standard input stream to. The second is the name of a file to redirect the standard output stream to. This file need not exist. If it does, its contents will be overwritten.
using System; using System.IO; public class InsertTabs { private const int tabSize = 4; private const string usageText = "Usage: INSERTTABS inputfile.txt outputfile.txt"; public static int Main(string[] args) { StreamWriter writer = null; if (args.Length < 2) { Console.WriteLine(usageText); return 1; } try { // Attempt to open output file. writer = new StreamWriter(args[1]); // Redirect standard output from the console to the output file. Console.SetOut(writer); // Redirect standard input from the console to the input file. Console.SetIn(new StreamReader(args[0])); } catch(IOException e) { TextWriter errorWriter = Console.Error; errorWriter.WriteLine(e.Message); errorWriter.WriteLine(usageText); return 1; } string line; while ((line = Console.ReadLine()) != null) { string newLine = line.Replace(("").PadRight(tabSize, ' '), "\t"); Console.WriteLine(newLine); } writer.Close(); // Recover the standard output stream so that a // completion message can be displayed. StreamWriter standardOutput = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()); standardOutput.AutoFlush = true; Console.SetOut(standardOutput); Console.WriteLine("INSERTTABS has completed the processing of {0}.", args[0]); return 0; } }
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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