how to printf() to shell (cmd.exe)

[josswern]

is there any way to direct the output from 'printf()' function to the calling environment - namely cmd.exe ?
purpose: I'm writing CLI programs in cvi which works fine for parsing command line arguments etc... but I would like to have the output from printf() statements go to the command interpreter (cmd.exe) from which the program was called, e.g. for use in batch-files, pipe to other programs etc.
the normal behaviour for printf() is to open a separate window and display output there, which is pretty much useless in my case.

[CVI-User]

Are You buildung a console application?

Target Settings... -> Create Console Application

[josswern]

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@CVI-User wrote:
Are You buildung a console application?

Target Settings... -> Create Console Application

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ok,
thanks, I remember having used this option before ... 🙂
what I want, is an application which comes up with the GUI when called without cmd-line arguments,
otherwise behave like described in the OP.
I'll check if this is possible...

[josswern]

just for the record:
console application is ok for both mentioned purposes.
it just opens a console also when running in GUI mode.