I want to make a program without any visual dialog

Question

I have written a program that reads some information from a file and after processing it, writes it on another file.

However, I don't wanna to see any window appear on my monitor when I open my program, even for a moment. Is there any way to make it invisible?

You have to tell us your OS as well as compiler, IDE etc. However, if it is in Windows and you are using Visual C++, you are probably creating a "console application", which of course opens a console. If you create a windows application, you can choose not to open a window. — Shahbaz, Jul 08 '12 at 12:26
duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/224225/create-an-application-without-a-window — Nahum, Jul 08 '12 at 12:27
It's probably called Windows, because it has got windows popping up, doesn't it? ;) (*edit*: Sorry for that little joke. For a serious answer see below those of Christian and Rango) — Torbjörn, Jul 08 '12 at 12:37

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '12 at 12:27

If you're talking about Windows, then what exactly are you seeing? A console window popping up? That happens automatically if you run a console program via the desktop GUI, because a console program is supposed to have a console.

Simply make your application a GUI application... and don't create any windows.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '12 at 12:30

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You can simply create a Win32 Application.

#include <windows.h>

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nShowCmd)
{
    // do whatever you want
    return 0;
}

answered Jul 08 '12 at 12:30

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I did it but i still see a console window ! – arman radan Jul 08 '12 at 12:47
@armanradan Are you using GCC? If so, please use gcc -mwindows to create a GUI program. – Rango Jul 08 '12 at 13:53

I want to make a program without any visual dialog

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