Re: Using AttachConsole() to run GUI app in command prompt console

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From: Rhett Gong [MSFT] (v-raygon_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 07:12:12 GMT

After we discussed in your previous post, my thought truns to the entry point of an .exe. Since when we link an application, we use /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE to
indicate mainCRTStartup and use /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS to indicate WinMainCRTStartup. And we can use the linker option /ENTRY to specify the starting
address for an .exe, I thought if we could use "/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS /ENTRY:myMain" I do something like this (pseudo code):
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
int __stdcall main(int argc, char **argv)
{
            If( argv == GUI)
            {
               // call
           hInst = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
           myWMain(hInst,NULL,NULL,1);
               //...........
             }
            else
            {
              // execute useful functions here
            }
        return 0;
}
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Good Luck!
Rhett Gong [MSFT]
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