Make a win32 console app display a window

Question

I've been developing a win32 console app and now I'd like it to be able to optionally show a non modal status / notification window. Is there any way I can do this from a console app or will I need to rewrite it as a windows app?

This is for a kiosk system so I'll need to call SetWindowPos() with the topmost flag on the window handle.

Answer 1

As far as I remember the main difference is that you'll need a message pump. Here's a codeproject article showing how to easily add this: Adding Windows To Your Console Application

Answer 2

see a CreateWindow / CreateWindowEx functions