[CMake] add_executable WIN32

[David Cole]

Having said that, if you provide "main" to a /subsytem:windows application,
it will still work, but it will have an annoying console window pop up if
you launch your app by double-clicking on it from Windows Explorer.


On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 6:37 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> WIN32 in ADD_EXECUTABLE == /subsystem:windows
> lack of WIN32 == /subsystem:console
>
> It's up to you to provide "WinMain" if you specify WIN32 and to provide
> "main" otherwise...
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:03 AM, Alin M Elena <alin.elena at qub.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think that I am a little confused about what WIN32 option does in
> > fact.
> >
> > Is WIN32 supposed to transform main() in a WinMain() entry point
> > (transform
> > a /subsystem:console -> /subsystem:windows)?
> > Or
> > WIN32 tells compiler: do not downgrade a WinMain to a main()?
> >
> >
> >
> > Alin
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