This tutorial will show the basics of using a console application.


Create a new console application, file/new and within the main sub, add this code :

console.write("Exit Application(yes = y, No = n")
console.writeline()

If Console.ReadKey.Key = ConsoleKey.Y Then
Console.Write("You Responded Yes")

ElseIf Console.ReadKey.Key = ConsoleKey.N Then
Console.Write("You Responded No")

End If

This example shows how to get user input using the console.readkey function, as well as how to write to the console using console.write() and how to go to the next line using console.writline()

In this next example, I will show how to read text from the console, as well as how to make the application do something only when a certain word or string is entered into the console.

Create a new conosle application and add this sub below the main sub:

publicsub blueconsole()
(
console.backgroundcolor = consolecolor.blue
)

And add this code to the main sub:

dim consoletext as string

consoletext = console.readline()

If consoletext = "blue console" then
blueconsole()
End If


The code above defines a new variable called consoletext and it stores the value of the text from the current line of the console, then it checks if its text is equal to "blue console", and if it is it makes the console blue using the blueconsole function that you created.