How do I programatically pop up a console from winMain in C?

Question

int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE p1, HINSTANCE p2, LPSTR p3, int p4)
{

}

I want a console to pop up when I click a button,what's the proper way to do it?

UPDATE How do I output text to that console?

Answer 1

Try using AllocConsole()

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681944%28VS.85%29.aspx

Answer 2

check: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681944%28VS.85%29.aspx