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Bill Reid
EXACTLY...so what's your point?[... console windows closing after running a console app from IDE ...]
Yes, it would be possible for any IDE to create a
special console for a "character mode" application,
that just raises the question: what happens when you
run the application outside of the IDE? Does it
behave the way you want, or the users think it
should?
The program behaves exactly the same, regardless of whether the console
windows disappears or not after the program exits. That behavior is not part
of the program's behavior.
It is a very "special" console because the IDE is creatingAnd who says that a "special console" is being created in this scenario?
There is absolutely nothing "special" about this console to make it
different from any other console.
it for it's own purposes, rather than the operating system
creating it for the program itself...
No, I'm pretty sure I was pretty clear that the programmerSo, you're saying that the programmer should write a special version of the
program which waits for the user to do something before exiting, so he can
see the output when run from the IDE, and then make a new executable for the
end-users to use?
should write the application the way he/she wants it to appear
to the user...to that end, the Microslop Whussual Stupido
is doing the programmer no favors by creating a "special"
console that creates a false impression of how the
program will actually work "in the field"...
It's fine, except to the extent it violates the above...Why not just have the IDE cause a "press any key to continue" prompt to
appear after the program exits, and before the window goes away?