From: drs AT inxpress DOT net (drs) Subject: GUI apps--[was Re: problem with removing console windows] 25 Feb 1997 15:06:58 -0800 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <3313555A.66C7.cygnus.gnu-win32@inxpress.net> References: <330980FF DOT 3A6A AT cre DOT canon DOT co DOT uk> <330A7961 DOT 55A0 AT inxpress DOT net> <330C1BDF DOT 751D AT cre DOT canon DOT co DOT uk> <330C8748 DOT 729F AT inxpress DOT net> <330C8E7B DOT 3556 AT cre DOT canon DOT co DOT uk> <330CB1FA DOT 59A4 AT inxpress DOT net> <330D8C03 DOT 6E3 AT cre DOT canon DOT co DOT uk> Reply-To: drs AT inxpress DOT net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com The documentation states > How can I make a GUI app? > ========================= > > Make sure you link in the right libraries. Finally, to prevent the > console window from showing up, add "-ssubsystem windows" to the GCC or > LD commandline. But this doesn't seem to work. What are we doing wrong? bash$ gcc -o win.exe win.o -ssubsystem windows -mwindows gcc: windows: No such file or directory gcc: unrecognized option `-ssubsystem' --DRS - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".