Build GUI App in the build options

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JBR (Posted 2011) [#1]

What does this do? Seems to work with/without it. Jim

GfK (Posted 2011) [#2]

It builds a GUI app, i.e. an app that will use a graphics object. Otherwise you end up with an app that's controlled via command console.

ima747 (Posted 2011) [#3]

Depends on which OS you're running as to what this actually means. The simple answer is a NON gui app supports command line interface. This means that print commands will (on most OS's) open a console window. Also the program can be run from the command line and interacted with. it does NOT mean you will have no GUI or graphics support. A GUI app by contrast will pipe it's print output either to a log or a null interface (no where) and will not be able to be interacted with on the command line. If you don't want to write a command line app then leave it on GUI (normal for any GUI OS). If you want to play around with command line/terminal apps then turn it to non-gui.

JBR (Posted 2011) [#4]

Thanks

Czar Flavius (Posted 2011) [#5]

The option is confusing - it's nothing to do with a "windows gui" app with buttons and things. It's just if you want a console window to appear. Can be useful for debugging purposes.