OpenEuphoria

Re: interpreter visability

• Posted by Andrew Toothaker <darkfire0102 at yahoo.com> Oct 04, 2005
• 457 views

Pete Lomax wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:16:31 -0700, Andrew Toothaker
> <guest at RapidEuphoria.com> wrote:
> 
> >Is it possible to make a program run with being able to see it? If so, how?
> On windows, use exw.exe rather than ex.exe or exwc.exe, (ie your
> program should end in .exw) and avoid things which require a console
> (?x, puts(1,x), getc(0) etc).
> The following program runs for ten seconds and is invisible apart from
> showing up on the task list (Ctrl Alt Del) for ten seconds:
> }}}
<eucode>
> include misc.e
> sleep(10)
> </eucode>
{{{

> 
> If it is a proper windows program you have built with win32lib, then
> you can start it minimised on the taskbar, eg:
> }}}
<eucode>
> include win32lib.ew
> constant main = create(Window,"Test",0,100,100,100,100,0)
> WinMain(main,Minimized)
> </eucode>
{{{

> Alternatively you can position the window off-screen. What exactly are
> you trying to do?
> 
> Regards,
> Pete
> 
> 
thanks. i'm trying to make a scheduler that will stay hidden until it
needs to remind you of something.