Black Window Pop-up when starting application

[IronMan]

I am trying to call another Windows application by using the SHELL command from within a QB64 application. It all works just fine with the exception of it displaying a BLACK WINDOW when application starts just before running the SHELL command.

Is there a way to not show or hide the default screen when a QB64 app first runs. It only display for a second, but because this small application is running another windows application using the SHELL command, it flashes the black window on the screen first.


Basically the code is:

_SCREENHIDE
SHELL _HIDE "PROGRAM.EXE"
END


Everything works perfect for what I'm needing to do except the black pop-up windows when the program starts.



Any help is appreciated.

Thank you.
Kent

[RhoSigma]

Why do you keep asking same question again?
https://www.qb64.org/forum/index.php?topic=2406.msg116251#msg116251

[TempodiBasic]

LOL

Why do you keep asking same question again?

seriously
Yes the suggestion of RhoSigma is right

https://www.qb64.org/forum/index.php?topic=2406.msg116262#msg116262

see here my code on that track

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. $SCREENHIDE
2. _DELAY .4
3. SHELL _DONTWAIT "notepad.exe"
4. _SCREENSHOW
5. SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(600, 600, 32)
6. CLS , _RGB(17, 194, 50, 255)
7. PRINT "hello"
8.  
9.  

no starting black window before notepad appears on the screen on my old TOSHIBA i3 4GB Ram

[IronMan]

Why do you keep asking same question again?
https://www.qb64.org/forum/index.php?topic=2406.msg116251#msg116251

Perhaps because I have failed yet to get it to work like I need it to. Am I missing something? Is this forum not the place where we share and ask for help? Perhaps I'm confused.....

[SMcNeill]

If I were to guess, I'd say your second program is the one creating that initial black window as it loads.

If the program you're SHELLing to is written in QB64, add an command line option to have it hide itself upon startup.

In your second program, which you'll shell to, use something like this:

$SCREENHIDE
IF COMMAND$ <> "-H" THEN_SCREENSHOW


Then, in your program which calls the shell, call it with:

SHELL_HIDE "PROGRAM.EXE -H"

[IronMan]

WORKING!!!!  Thanks for all the help. I as using _SCREENHIDE instead of $SCREENHIDE.

Everything working great..

Thank you.
Kent