----------------------------------- AnubisProgrammer Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:53 am win32 console app with no window ----------------------------------- I'm tryign to make a win32 console app that won't pop up a window. Someone told me that I could turn it into a service process or something to that effect? Any advice on writing a program with no pop-up window would be appreciated. ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:02 am ----------------------------------- if your code does not contain any outputs, then simply compile it and it shouldnt pop up the command prompt window ----------------------------------- AnubisProgrammer Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:00 am ----------------------------------- ya, with no cout statements I still get a command prompt. I'm outputting to a text file but not to the screen, I'm not sure if that would affect it or not. ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:22 pm ----------------------------------- what does it say on the output? ----------------------------------- AnubisProgrammer Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:46 pm ----------------------------------- well, to the screen there is no output, just a black screen. To the text file is just a letter. ----------------------------------- Andy Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:54 am ----------------------------------- what compiler is this? ----------------------------------- Onega Sun May 07, 2006 8:57 pm ----------------------------------- There is no way to hide to command window, but there are workarounds. Method 1: Create an application with entry point WinMain, but you don't create a windows inside WinMain. The simplest way is to call main(...) inside winmain if you have access to source code of that console application. Method 2: Create a windows application without a visible window, then start the console application and redirect its output to somewhere. You can refer to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;190351 http://www.codeproject.com/threads/consolepipe.asp ----------------------------------- md Sun May 07, 2006 9:36 pm ----------------------------------- Umm... I'm pretty sure there is a way... and unless I _really_ don't remember anything it's as simple as a #define. 'Course I haven't done anything on windows in a long time and when I did I only got rid of the window once or twice... but I do know it can be done.