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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by ajm.

Hi

I'm new to Purebasic and have set up the editor I use for all my programming needs (MED Editor).

Could somebody tell me if there is a compiler option to create a console app.
I can't find anything in the manual or within the forums.



Thanks

Andy

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PB.

> Could somebody tell me if there is a compiler option to create a console app.

I don't know how to do it via a third-party editor, but in the Compiler Options
of the PureBasic editor is a setting called "Executable Format" -- so just select
"Console" there.


PB - Registered PureBasic Coder

Edited by - PB on 03 March 2002 23:54:05

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by El_Choni.

You must use the /CONSOLE switch in the command line.

Bye,

El_Choni

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by MrVainSCL.

Hi ajm
First welcome to PureBasic! Yes, as El_Choni said, you have to use the command line... Have a look to your PureBasic\Compilers\ directory... there is a fill called "PBCompiler.exe" ... Just type in you commandline "PBCompiler /?" to get all infos what you can do with it... have fun and happy coding... bye


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greetz
MrVainSCL! aka Thorsten

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PB.

> You must use the /CONSOLE switch in the command line.

Oops, I totally misunderstood the original post!


PB - Registered PureBasic Coder

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by ajm.

I have tried the /CONSOLE option to pbcompiler but get the response unknown switch.

Am I doing something wrong.

pbcompiler /CONSOLE /DEBUGGER test.pb



Thanks

Andy

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by El_Choni.

I don't know where did I take the /CONSOLE idea from. That switch just doesn't exist. What you should do is this (you must do it just once with you code):

* Open your PB source with PB.
* Set the executable format to Console.
* Save the sorce.

From now on, when you open your project with your Text editor, you'll see this line at the bottom, which is hidden when opening from PB editor:

; ExecutableFormat=Console

You may think: why not typing this directly in the text editor? The reason is that, before that line, the PB editor inserts a null character, which may not be easy to insert from a Text editor.

You can change the format easily now:

; ExecutableFormat=Windows

Hope this helps, bye,

El_Choni

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Franco.

I have tried the /CONSOLE option to pbcompiler but get the response unknown switch.

Same here...

BTW the pbcompiler says:

Quick Help:
-----------

PBCompiler "FileName"

Options:
-----------

/DEBUGGER: Enable the debugger
/EXE "FileName": Create an executable to the given filename
/QUIET: Disable all unnecessary textoutput
/COMMENTED: Produce commented asm output (PureBasic.asm)
/REASM: Compile the 'PureBasic.asm' file to an executable
/NT4: Generate NT4.0 compliant executable
/INLINEASM: Enable the inline ASM support
/RESIDENT "FileName": Create a resident file to the given filename
/STANDBY: Wait for external commands (editor, scripts...)


Would be nice if the version # would be shown too.
The above Quick Help is from version 2.95 for Windows.

Andy if you look at a *.pb file with a normal text viewer you will see (if you worked with the PB Editor) that at the end is the information about Console or Windows mode (after a special char).

Suppose Fred forgot this switch for the outside world.


Have a nice day...
Franco

Sometimes you have to go a lonely way to accomplish genius things.

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by MrVainSCL.

Hi @ all
I think i have here some undocumented options for the compiler, just test it...
If i find out how to create CONSOLE i will tell you...


PIII450, 256MB Ram, 6GB HD, RivaTNT, DirectX8.1, SB AWE64, Win98SE + Updates...

greetz
MrVainSCL! aka Thorsten