Thread overview
Working Windows GUI library - no console Window
Nov 06, 2015
johann
Nov 06, 2015
Spacen Jasset
Nov 06, 2015
John Chapman
Nov 06, 2015
johann
November 06, 2015
hi,
i like to use a window gui library and i think i found a working one.

https://github.com/FrankLIKE/dfl2  - works with x64

the problem is, that with DMD 2.069.0, VS2015 and visualD the trick of using "-L/SUBSYSTEM:windows,6.00 -L/ENTRY:mainCRTStartup" does not suppress the console window anymore.

does anybody have a solution for that problem?
is anybody still working on that library?

johann
November 06, 2015
On Friday, 6 November 2015 at 15:52:10 UTC, johann wrote:
> hi,
> i like to use a window gui library and i think i found a working one.
>
> https://github.com/FrankLIKE/dfl2  - works with x64
>
> the problem is, that with DMD 2.069.0, VS2015 and visualD the trick of using "-L/SUBSYSTEM:windows,6.00 -L/ENTRY:mainCRTStartup" does not suppress the console window anymore.
>
> does anybody have a solution for that problem?
> is anybody still working on that library?
>
> johann

Have a look at the resultant executable header with a tool like objdump / pebrowse. In the header somewhere there is a field that specifies the subsystem type. It should be set to gui, rather than console.


IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
2


https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms680339%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
November 06, 2015
On Friday, 6 November 2015 at 15:52:10 UTC, johann wrote:
> hi,
> i like to use a window gui library and i think i found a working one.
>
> https://github.com/FrankLIKE/dfl2  - works with x64
>
> the problem is, that with DMD 2.069.0, VS2015 and visualD the trick of using "-L/SUBSYSTEM:windows,6.00 -L/ENTRY:mainCRTStartup" does not suppress the console window anymore.
>
> does anybody have a solution for that problem?
> is anybody still working on that library?
>
> johann

Same problem here. I had to remove the mainCRTStartup flag and use WinMain as my entry point.
November 06, 2015
On Friday, 6 November 2015 at 21:02:59 UTC, John Chapman wrote:
> On Friday, 6 November 2015 at 15:52:10 UTC, johann wrote:
>> hi,
>> i like to use a window gui library and i think i found a working one.
>>
>> https://github.com/FrankLIKE/dfl2  - works with x64
>>
>> the problem is, that with DMD 2.069.0, VS2015 and visualD the trick of using "-L/SUBSYSTEM:windows,6.00 -L/ENTRY:mainCRTStartup" does not suppress the console window anymore.
>>
>> does anybody have a solution for that problem?
>> is anybody still working on that library?
>>
>> johann
>
> Same problem here. I had to remove the mainCRTStartup flag and use WinMain as my entry point.

me too. i need to start a main(), since the lib will not work with a starting WinMain.