How to get ride of console box of a GUI program compile by MinGW + Code::Block
Put it in a project, and in the project settings there's an option to not have a console window.
If you can't be bothered to have it in a project, a call to ShowWindow (GetConsoleWindow(), SW_HIDE);
will make it flash on the screen and then disappear. Note that you must #define _WIN32_WINNT
as 0x0500
or greater before including windows.h to have access to GetConsoleWindow()
. I'll come back in a bit with a specific location to disable it.
//hide console window at start
#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501 //this is for XP
#include <windows.h>
int main()
{
ShowWindow (GetConsoleWindow(), SW_HIDE);
//rest of program here
}
EDIT: Found it, here's how to not have a console window:
- Click Project on the CodeBlocks menu.
- Click Properties.
- Click the second tab, Build Targets.
- On the right, where it says Type: Console application, change it to GUI application.
- Rebuild the project.
bo0k
Updated on July 19, 2022Comments
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bo0k almost 2 years
When I compile and run a simple Win32 GUI program in MinGW+MSys with command line:
$ g++ main.cpp -o app -std=c++0x
$ ./app
only a dialog box shows. But when I put this program into Code::Blocks IDE and compile it, it always results in a black console box with the dialog. Adding
-mwindows
in link options no effect.main.cpp:
#include <windows.h> int WinMain(HINSTANCE,HINSTANCE,LPSTR,int) { MessageBox(0,"Hello, Windows","MinGW Test Program",MB_OK); return 0; }
How can I get rid of the console box?