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Converting a C++ console application to become windowless

This must be easy.

I have a C++ console application with the usual void main (int argc, etc etc.

Now when I run it, it creates a DOS window. How do I stop it doing that ? I just want it to run windowless. There is no user interation.

Even when the program does no outputs (printf etc), it still produces a black window !

Its compiled with msvc 6

Dexstar

@xassets:

> How do I stop it doing that ? I just want it to run windowless. There is no
> user interation.

Go into your linker settings, and where it has the big edit box that says "Project Settings", find where it says:
/subsystem:console

And change it to:
/subsystem:windows

Let me know if you have any other issues after making that change. Be sure to do it for both the debug and release builds of the project.

Hope That Helps,
Dex*

AlexFM

And add also:
/ENTRY:mainCRTStartup
to the linker options.

xassets

ASKER

I also have preprocessor definitions :

WIN32,NDEBUG,_CONSOLE,_MBCS

And project options

/nologo /ML /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /FR"Release/" /Fp"Release/myprog.pch" /YX /Fo"Release/" /Fd"Release/" /FD /c

Should I take _CONSOLE out of preprocessor ? And should I remove the /D "_CONSOLE" . Do I need to add "_WINDOWS" or something in there ?

Didn't want to take any risks on destabilising this product so better to ask first ! Thanks guys

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Works like a dream

Thanks