Make Console diseapear

[herby490]

I making a program that I need the Console window to disappear but I would still like it to be able receive input so if i pressed a key the program would quit but if i did not the program would continue to loop. I have tried FreeConsole() and selecting a Gui application in Code::Blocks build options but the program keeps on repeating and I have to restart my computer to stop it. I am also using getch() to detect if a key has been pressed because I don't want to have to press enter every time I enter a key.

[avansc]

ummm. i dont know about code blocks. but VS just has a compiler option to not display the console. however, you will have to have some API doing keyboard IO for you, becuase cin or gets or whatever c/c++ io will not work if the console is not there.

[herby490]

Thanks for the info I guess Ill have to wait until I am ready to learn SDL for this program.

[avansc]

Thanks for the info I guess Ill have to wait until I am ready to learn SDL for this program.

if you tell me what you are planning i can advice you on how to procede

[herby490]

I want it so every time the user press a button a sound will play but if they press a certain button the program will quit.

[avansc]

I want it so every time the user press a button a sound will play but if they press a certain button the program will quit.

so you dont want any reference window. console or GUI?

well i would use FMOD (just because i like it and its so easy to use) and i would make a simple winapi program.
you can find all the worlds info on winapi on google.

another more accessible option in my opinion would be to use something like C builder. i think VS has something like that, but i never use it.
that by default does not have a console due to its GUI'ness, and you can set that the window to visible = false or something to that tune.

[Joeyotrevor]

If you just want to hide the console and still have the application running in the background, you can just do this

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HWND hwnd = GetConsoleWindow();
ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_HIDE);

You can still receive input if you use GetAsyncKeyState() or GetKeyState().