With Windows if you need to output something to the console in a GUI app, you use OutputDebugString. This will output to the console when running the app under gdb.
Thanks. -Phil ----- "Brad Campbell" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: > > Brad Campbell schrieb: > > > >>> On Windows you can uncheck the option (see above), to get a GUI > >>> application with an attached console. A very nice feature for > >>> debugging, not available on most other platforms. > >> > >> Actually not _required_ on other platforms. Other platforms let you > > >> run an application from a console and witness its output should you > so > >> desire, without having to recompile the application with odd > options. > > > > Thanks, I didn't know that it's so easy. > > > > The same procedure should be possible on Windows? > > No, on Windows you need to compile the app as console mode to have it > write anything to a console > window, otherwise it just launches the application and returns you to > the console prompt. > > I had to debug some Win stuff recently, and as I've been lucky enough > to have avoided it for many > years now, this oddity caught me several times. > > Brad > -- > Dolphins are so intelligent that within a few weeks they can > train Americans to stand at the edge of the pool and throw them > fish. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
