[CMake] Executable extension (MSVC)

[John Drescher]

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 9:20 AM, PCJohn <peciva at fit.vutbr.cz> wrote:
> Dear cmakers,
>
>  I really need to set executable extension to .com instead to standard .exe
> (using MSVC). Is it possible to do that, or do I need to not use cmake for
> win32 platform?
>
>  Reasons:
>  I planned to port InventorTools utilities
> (http://merlin.fit.vutbr.cz/wiki/index.php/Open_Inventor_Tools) to cmake, I
> am using "dual gui/console" behaviour (like the one described at
> http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/W-D/console/redirection/article.php/c3955).
>  In short: two executable exists - utility.com and utility.exe.
>  If I type utility or utility.com in windows console, I can work with the
> application as with ordinary console application.
>  When I run utility.exe (started from Explorer or by shortcut, or Windows
> gui), I get normal Windows application - no annoying console, just gui.
>  This can not be realized in single executable. utility.com always opens
> console, even when started from gui, and utility.exe never communicate
> through console - as given by nature of Windows :( . Just both of them can
> do the thing.
>
I know for a fact that this is not correct. I have written my own
single windows applications that have a gui and a console and it is a
.exe. Link the gui application with subsystem console.

John