Compile without console

[JasperVanEsveld]

This was mentioned in a comment before It would be nice to have given that webview_deno will (hopefully) be updated soon after deno#12828 was merged Which would allow for electron like applications

One way to do this could be with a command like deno compile --no-console That downloads a deno binary that doesn't use the console, similar to how --target works

Compiling deno without a console can be done by adding: #![windows_subsystem = "windows"] To the top of cli/main.rs Or by passing arguments to rustc

[crowlKats]

Ref https://github.com/denoland/deno/discussions/12941

[JasperVanEsveld]

That may be a better solution, as you don't need 2 windows binaries Though it does feel hacky

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[joao678]

I've managed to solve this with a little workaround: take the .exe generated by deno and somehow change the Subsystem flag in the optional headers of the executable, there is a lot of ways to do this, the most pratical for me is using a python script that does this automatically like so

import os
import os.path
import pefile

print('Modifying generated executable subsystem...')
binary = pefile.PE(os.getcwd()+"\\deno_test.exe", fast_load=True)
binary.OPTIONAL_HEADER.Subsystem = 2
binary.write(filename="deno_test.mod.exe")
binary.close()

os.remove("deno_test.exe")
os.rename("deno_test.mod.exe", "deno_test.exe")

You can also use a program like PE Bear to then open the executable in the program, find the optional headers section and change the subsystem manually

[svefro]

this needs to be resolved for us that want to use deno to make small gui apps. like using webUI on windows.

tested python script but got no gui at all then.

[bartlomieju]

You can use --no-console flag with deno compile

[svefro]

You can use --no-console flag with deno compile "unexpected argument '--no-console' found"

The parameter is called "--no-terminal" and does not work as intended. No gui is shown at all on windows. and application exits right away