Executed from console?

[Peter P Stephensen]

Hi all,

Is there any way a program can know if it is executed
from a console or not?

Regards
Peter

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[Lance Edmonds]

A GUI app is launched as a separate process when started from the command-line.

Possibly info in the STARTUPINFO block returned via 'GetStartupInfo()' could offer some clues, but I've not experimented with it.

What do you want to achieve by knowing how the app was started?

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[Peter P Stephensen]

Lance,

If my PBCC-app is not executed in a console it should end with
a waitkey$

Regards
Peter

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[Lance Edmonds]

Oh, PB/CC (different forum!)...

STARTUPINFO should be able to help you here, but the easiest way (although not bullet-proof) is just test CURSORX and CURSORY at the start of the program...

FUNCTION PBMAIN
  IF CURSORX * CURSORY = 1 THEN 
    ' Cursor at top/left (assume console is clear, so *probably NOT* 
    ' launched from the command-line)
    StandAlone& = -1
  END IF
  ...
  IF StandAlone& THEN WAITKEY$
END FUNCTION

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