Question

I decided to create applications direct with Notepad + GCC Compiler (and the entire Mingw environment).

Well I started by creating a simple Win32 application (a simple window). The file is only 4 Kb (which, with an IDE like C:B or VS is about 8 kb.

Anyway, my problem is that the window is displayed but also a window console. Well, I don’t want the console to appear but only the GUI window. I think this is achieved by creating manifest files or something like that, of which I don’t know much about, as this is the first time I am trying this. How do I tell GCC that it shouldn’t create a console window – just a GUI window?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You need to create an executable that targets the GUI subsystem rather than the console subsystem. In the MS tools the normal way to indicate that is to use a different form of main function:

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hThisInstance, 
                   HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, 
                   LPSTR lpszArgument, 
                   int nCmdShow)

I believe that mingw supports the same convention.