Re: [Mingw-users] Suppressing the DOS box (console window)

[Bob R. <bob...@co...>]

On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 05:36:16AM +0900, Earl Kinmonth wrote:
> I have a usb device that accepts four different types of memory cards.
> When this device is connected, it is assigned four different drive
> letters whether or not there is a card in the associated slot.  If a
> programme compiled with msys/mingw addresses an empty slot, instead of
> an error code being returned by the calling function (fread, fopen, etc.),
> a console window pops up.
> 
> While I have a resident programme that automatically answers these
> console windows in a way that closes them and allows my programme to
> proceed, it would be better to not have them pop up in the first place.
> 
> I vaguely remember reading a MS note about how to do this, but I have
> subsequently been unable to find it.
> 
> Can anyone help?

Does this help?

http://www.mingw.org/mingwfaq.shtml#faq-ridconsole

Bob Rossi