Win32Forth

No console

Helper words for turnkey applications that don't need the console window and the  w32fConsole.dll .

To use these words you must load the file  src/console/NoConsole.f  first.

Glossary

: MessageLoop           ( -- )  \ W32F console

The message loop for the application. Use this instead of:  BEGIN KEY DROP AGAIN .
Also needs to be used by tasks that start their own windows.

: NoConsoleIO           ( -- )  \ W32F console

Setup of the Console I/O for turnkey applications that don't need the console window.

: ResetConsoleIO           ( -- )  \ W32F console

Reset of the Console I/O after saving an application that don't need the console window. Done automatically by TURNKEY and APPLICATION.

: NoConsoleInImage      ( -- )  \ W32F console

Tell Imageman that we don't need the w32fconsole.dll if possible.

Example

: Main  ( -- )
        \ things to do to start the application
        ...

        \ enter the message loop
        Turnkeyed?
        IF   MessageLoop bye
        THEN ;

turnkey? [if]

        \ Setup the console I/O
        NoConsoleIO

        \ Tell Imageman that we don't need the w32fconsole.dll.
        NoConsoleInImage

        \ Create the exe-file
        ' Main turnkey PlayVirginRadio.exe

        \ add the Application icon to the EXE file
        s" apps\PlayVirginRadio\Virgin.ico" s" PlayVirginRadio.exe" AddAppIcon

        1 pause-seconds bye
[else]
        s" apps\PlayVirginRadio\Virgin.ico" s" PlayVirginRadio.exe" AddAppIcon
        Main
[then]

For a full working example see  apps/PlayVirginRadio/PlayVirginRadio.f .

For an example of multi-tasking use see  demos/MultiHello.f .

Document $Id: p-noconsole.htm,v 1.4 2007/05/26 10:24:11 dbu_de Exp $