Elysian Shadows

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.

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.

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

herby490 wrote: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

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.

herby490 wrote: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.

If you just want to hide the console and still have the application running in the background, you can just do this You can still receive input if you use GetAsyncKeyState() or GetKeyState().