C# Override Console.Read() for a Windows Forms app

Question

i have following problem:

I am making a Windows Forms application and have to use other .cs Files which contain Console.Read() or Console.ReadLine(). The files should not be changed. I would like now to override the functions in order to use a button or a Textbox + Button instead of the Console.Read().

Since i should not change the .cs files, this seems not to be too trivial. Any ideas or leads?

Answer 1

You can access the Console as a stream using:

var stdIn = Console.OpenStandardInput();

Then when you click the button, you can call

stdIn.Write(Encoding.ASCII.ToBytes(txtMyBuffer.Text), 0, txtMyBuffer.Text.Length);

From reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.console.openstandardinput(v=vs.110).aspx