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Asked: 2026-05-10T22:16:46+00:00

I did some googling to try to answer this question but even after that

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I did some googling to try to answer this question but even after that I’m not quite clear about something. Is it possible to create a console app from VB6?

I’ve got a VB6 app that doesn’t put up a window. I always assumed that it was a console app. However, I want to be able to use the Windows API SetConsoleCtrlHandler function from within it. I believe that with C++/MFC apps you have to set a linker switch to create a console app. And one of my fellow developers told me that VB6 doesn’t create a true console app and therefore this would not work. So is it possible to create a console app that Windows will recognize as a console app from VB6?

Platform: Windows XP SP2

Development Platform: VB6

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  1. Yes. It’s also possible to create totally headless applications (which I’ve done a few times in the past). This link gives an example with a code snippet.

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