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Re: Close window

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Jan 26, 2002
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Bernie writes:
> ... is there a way for a exw.exe script to not open a console window?
> This script does not seek user input via console, te the window 
> opens and waits for the enter key to be struck...odd behavior....
> any suggections?

Executing free_console() in dll.e should make your 
console window go away, although it will come back again
if your program does any console I/O.

A console window appears automatically in a 
Windows Euphoria program whenever you print to 
the screen with printf(), puts() etc., input text from the 
keyboard using gets(), getc() etc. or you call 
clear_screen(), position() or any function that
interacts with the DOS-style console in some way.

You'll also get a console window if your program
gets error or warning messages from Euphoria.
You can always shut off warnings by saying:
       without warning
at the top of your program.
    
GUI programs normally don't use any DOS-style
console I/O routines. They use the routines supplied by
Win32Lib (or some other GUI library) to interact with the user.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com