Re: [Mingw-users] -mwindows, with printf output to Console that I start the program??

[Luke D. <cod...@ho...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Earnie Boyd" <ear...@ya...>
To: <pga...@at...>
Cc: <min...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] -mwindows, with printf output to Console that I
start the program??


> Paul G. wrote:
[snip]
> > Automatic output to both a window (message box) and to the Msys
sh/console.
> >
> > Allows you to immediately output to the console (under Msys shell) and
can be extended to include a full-blown
> > Window as needed.  What is critical is that the -mconsole switch is
included when the app is compiled (in addition to
> > the -mwindows switch).
> >
>
> So, how critical are -mwindows and -mconsole?  Since gdi32 isn't used in
> your example, is it really a windows program?
>
> Earnie.

No it isn't a GUI app, because -mconsole overrides the effect of -mwindows
meaning that an application created this way would open a new console if you
run it anywhere except from the command prompt (just like using -mconsole
without -mwindows).

Luke