Re: GtkAda and CommandWindow on Windows system

Re: GtkAda and CommandWindow on Windows system

[Dmitry A. Kazakov]

On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 18:06:32 +0100, ldries46 wrote:

> When I am running a Ada Program which uses GtkAda. I get at least two windows:
>   1.. The Window of the program created by GtkAda and 
>   2.. The Command Window or ļæ½MS-DOSļæ½window
> At least I want to close both windows at the same time but if possible do not create the MS Dos window. How can I do that?
> As IDE I do use GPS.

This is not specific to GtkAda, just general Windows issue. The application
should be flagged as a GUI one. To do this in your GNAT project file
(*.gpr) you should have:

   package Linker is
       for Default_Switches ("ada") use <other-options> & "-mwindows";
   end Linker;

If you rather are using gnatmake do not forget to add to -largs
<other-options>:

   -mwindows

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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Re: GtkAda and CommandWindow on Windows system

[Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)]

Le Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:17:55 +0100, Dmitry A. Kazakov  
<mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> a écrit:

> On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 18:06:32 +0100, ldries46 wrote:
>
>> When I am running a Ada Program which uses GtkAda. I get at least two  
>> windows:
>>   1.. The Window of the program created by GtkAda and
>>   2.. The Command Window or “MS-DOS”window
>> At least I want to close both windows at the same time but if possible  
>> do not create the MS Dos window. How can I do that?
>> As IDE I do use GPS.
>
> This is not specific to GtkAda, just general Windows issue. The  
> application
> should be flagged as a GUI one. To do this in your GNAT project file
> (*.gpr) you should have:
>
>    package Linker is
>        for Default_Switches ("ada") use <other-options> & "-mwindows";
>    end Linker;
>
> If you rather are using gnatmake do not forget to add to -largs
> <other-options>:
>
>    -mwindows

Yes.

Also another tip, if you meet the same with a binary distribution and you  
do not have the source or don't want to recompile (because too complex) :  
open the binary in an hexadecimal editor, go to 16#3C#, get the two bytes  
words located there, add 16#5C# to that two bytes word, and go to that  
address (the one resulting from the sum). There, you will see a two bytes  
words which is probably set to 1. Set it to 3 (and save the binary file),  
then no more console will be opened at the application startup.

Note: some times, this console may display relevant informations about  
what's going on, especially at startup. If the application is not well  
tested or is a kind of beta or alpha, it's better to have a console and  
not to get ride of it.



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