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Itai Ben-ArtziRunning quietly
on Fri, 20 Nov 2020 01:29:48 -0800
A small program without any user interface (only write records to a
file) still opens a window when running.  Can it run without the
flashing window?

-Itai
Andreas Gehrs-Pahl
Re: Running quietly
on Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:28:07 -0500
Itai,

>A small program without any user interface (only write records to a
>file) still opens a window when running. Can it run without the
>flashing window?

Add the following 2 lines to your code and compile it as a GUI program:

Procedure AppSys()
return

Hope that helps,

Andreas

Andreas Gehrs-Pahl
Absolute Software, LLC

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Itai Ben-ArtziRe: Running quietly
on Fri, 20 Nov 2020 10:25:37 -0800
Andreas,
Already have it, but a window is still flashing.
-Itai
Andreas Gehrs-Pahl
Re: Running quietly
on Fri, 20 Nov 2020 19:27:49 -0500
Itai,

>Already have it, but a window is still flashing.

That is strange. Doesn't do that for me. How do you start/run it? From a 
command prompt, shell, shortcut, service, batch process?

Andreas

Andreas Gehrs-Pahl
Absolute Software, LLC

phone: (989) 723-9927
email: Andreas@AbsoluteSoftwareLLC.com
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Itai Ben-ArtziRe: Running quietly
on Fri, 20 Nov 2020 20:59:55 -0800
Andreas,
Either form Windows Explorer, or from the command line, or from the
workbench, the screen is flashing.
What compiler flags and Alink flags did you use?

Below is the entire program:
       
PROCEDURE AppSys()
Return
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Procedure Main
sleep(200)
Return
**********  

-Itai
Andreas Gehrs-Pahl
Re: Running quietly
on Sat, 21 Nov 2020 04:08:35 -0500
Itai,

>What compiler flags and Alink flags did you use?

xpp %1 /b /p /n
alink %1 /PM:PM /DE

Hope that helps,

Andreas

Andreas Gehrs-Pahl
Absolute Software, LLC

phone: (989) 723-9927
email: Andreas@AbsoluteSoftwareLLC.com
web:   http://www.AbsoluteSoftwareLLC.com
[L]:   https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/AndreasGehrsPahl
[F]:   https://www.FaceBook.com/AbsoluteSoftwareLLC
Itai Ben-ArtziRe: Running quietly
on Sat, 21 Nov 2020 16:21:24 -0800
Thank you, Andreas.
It is the alink switch /PM:PM that does the magic.
-Itai
Andreas Gehrs-Pahl
Re: Running quietly
on Sat, 21 Nov 2020 20:51:10 -0500
Itai,

>It is the alink switch /PM:PM that does the magic.

Yes, that's why I wrote in my original post:

>>and compile it as a GUI program

Glad it helped,

Andreas

Andreas Gehrs-Pahl
Absolute Software, LLC

phone: (989) 723-9927
email: Andreas@AbsoluteSoftwareLLC.com
web:   http://www.AbsoluteSoftwareLLC.com
[L]:   https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/AndreasGehrsPahl
[F]:   https://www.FaceBook.com/AbsoluteSoftwareLLC