hiding the DOS box

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:16 pm

is it possible to hide the irrlicht DOS box when running an irrlicht program?
if yes then how.
thanks

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:44 pm

Change from console to gui project...

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:49 pm

and also change:

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int main()

to

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INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst,HINSTANCE,LPSTR strCmdLine,INT)

genesisrage · Post by **genesisrage** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:07 pm

or use just this (no need to include additional files)
just place this line at the top of the file (setting this up in build configs is what i do, so debug config shows the console, and release config doesnt)

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#pragma comment(linker, "/SUBSYSTEM:windows /ENTRY:main")

(there is some controversy over this method, but have not found a single problem with it, found this on MSDN. the SUBSYSTEM says its a gui, ENTRY tells it to start with main() instead of winmain)

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:35 am

whoa! genesis, that sure is an interesting tip!

just tried it out and works very nice. You say you got it from the MSDN forums?

nice tip...again

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:29 am

afecelis wrote:whoa! genesis, that sure is an interesting tip!

just tried it out and works very nice. You say you got it from the MSDN forums?

nice tip...again

i coulda sworn i seen it posted on these forums before.... >_> <_<

with source being MSDN forums then as well

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:30 pm

hmm tried both methods but console window still comes up.
i compiled the app with code::blocks

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:32 pm

also i chosed Irrlicht project from code::blocks

mandrav · Post by **mandrav** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:36 pm

hmm tried both methods but console window still comes up.
i compiled the app with code::blocks

As you 've been told already, go to Project->Properties->Targets and select "GUI application" (you must rebuild your source afterwards).

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:36 pm

i dont think that
Acki's Irrlicht Recompiler V2.3.0 works under XP does it?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:57 pm

ok tried the GUI application but i keep getting this error:

.objs\main.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x2604): undefined reference to `_imp___ZN3irr14createDeviceExERKNS_27SIrrlichtCreationParametersE'

when i try to rebuild it

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:00 pm

nevermind i figuered out the problem and it works perfectly now
thanks again guys

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:30 pm

Well, I'm using Code::Blocks, too !!!
It's a great IDE !!!

I only change the project type to GUI and leave the sub main as it is !!!
The pragma comments don't work with MinGW (C::B's default compiler), they are just for MSVC++...

Well, my IrrComp should work on any Windows system...
But only with DevC++ or Code::Blocks installed !!!

For example have a look at my IrrCube or IrrTris, both are compiled with C::B !!!

genesisrage · Post by **genesisrage** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:38 pm

@afecelis: thanks, i like using this one because K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid)

@guest: think you noticed this already, but when using Code::Blocks it will always show the console window when run from C::B. but when running the app directly from the whatever.exe the console window wont show up.