How do I write to StdOut from a GUI app started from the command line?

Question

I am writing a standard windows app in Delphi 7.

If I was writing a console app, I can call the following to output to the cmd line or output file.

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Answer 1

AttachConsole does seem to work, as noted above it waits for ENTER.

However, the program is still a win prog and not a console program as far as dos sees it, and so cmd proceeds to the next command after launching it.

test.exe & dir

shows the dir listing first, then the output from test.exe

start /w test.exe & dir 

does work, and does not pause for ENTER key

BTW, the suggestion above: PostMessage(GetCurrentProcess,$0101,$0D,0); does the ENTER but is giving a bong noise.